BBVA Group Executive Chairman Francisco González, and the Chairman of the CAF -Latin American Development Bank-, Luis Carranza, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that strengthens their ties in Latin America and formalizes the existing institutional relationship the two organizations have shared for many years.

Telecommuting is becoming increasingly popular in companies. According to research conducted by the multinational company Citrix Systems and published in Expansión, 89% of the world’s organizations will offer their employees the option to work remotely by 2020.

In a conversation with journalist Gloria Lomana at the Forbes Summit, BBVA’s Group Executive Chairman offered his view of the transformation being provoked by the digital revolution. According to Francisco González, this fourth industrial revolution is going to change the world and offer opportunities to everyone.

BBVA Group Executive Chairman Francisco González presided over the first edition of the Spanish Computer Science Society (SCIE) – BBVA Foundation Research Awards. These accolades recognized the work of six young Ph.D. recipients who are conducting high-level research in Spain.

Some 64% of the population of the European Union believes that EU membership has benefited their country, according to data collected by Eurobarómetro and published in 20 Minutos. In addition, 57% feel that being an EU member is a good thing – nearly the same percentage that was reported prior to the 2008 financial crisis.

5G cell phone connections will be one of the main European markets in the telecommunications sector in 2025. According to a study conducted by GSMA - an association of the world’s mobile network operators- published in Europa Press, 30% of European residents will have 5G on their smartphones by this date.

Renewable energy accounted for 24.5% of the world’s energy production in 2016. The renewables sector also managed to meet 19.3% of world energy demand, according to a study by the German electric company Kaiserwetter, as reported by the Spanish state news agency EFE.

An artificial inteligence startup aiming to give everyone their own virtual personal money manager  has been named as the winner of the 2017 BBVA Open Talent Competition. Israeli high-growth outfit, Change, beat off strong competition from almost a thousand entries from dozens of country around the world to secure top spot in the world’s biggest fintech competition.

If you don’t innovate and change you will be dead, that was the message from BBVA CEO Carlos Torres Vila at the bank’s inaugural fintech focused Open Summit in Madrid today. Speaking to an audience of entrepreneurs, investors, influencers and startups, Torres Vila also said the only true way to keep innovation fresh was to be open to ideas from outside your own business and sector.

Technological advances have revolutionized life at home. With the arrival of new devices, digital habits have changed and users have adapted to the new products on the market. This transformation is evident in the data, which shows that the number of Spanish households that have a television (84.3%) was surpassed by those that have a laptop (84.9%) for the first time, according to the observatory ONTSI, published in La Vanguardia.