Euromoney named BBVA as best bank in Latin America in the 2015 edition of its Awards for Excellence. Euromoney acknowledges the bank's successful evolution and solid business results in the region. In this edition, BBVA has also been recognized as the best bank in Peru and best bank in Paraguay. Regarding investment banking, BBVA has been chosen as best debt house in Spain.
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64 million people hold mobile money accounts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Beyond the M-Pesa app, which has been such a huge success in Kenya, here we examine some of the other startups that are thriving in Africa.
BBVA chairman stated this morning that “investing in the digital ecosystem is investing in our future.” Francisco González is taking part in the Wired Money 2015 summit, held at the British Museum in London, together with prominent figures of the digital ecosystem who are transforming the financial industry.
Between 2011 and 2014, 700 million people opened a bank account. In the same period, the number of people outside the banking system fell by 20%, or 2 billion adults. In 2014, 62% of adults held an account, well above the 54% registered in 2011.
BBVA is part of the Top 5 of the XVII edition of the annual ranking of best companies to work in Spain, published by "Economic News".
Credit brokerage activities outside the regulated banking system –known as shadow banking– will gradually gain ground in the coming years, and the sector is gearing up to respond to this massive change.
BBVA Research Spain has received the 2014 Forecaster Accuracy Award (FAA) granted by the global macroeconomic survey firm Consensus Economics. This accolade honors the quality and accuracy with which the experts at BBVA Research have prepared their growth forecast for Spain, as well as their inflation projections.
Credit card providers use machine learning techniques to attract new customers, drive up turnover, offer personalized recommendations to users and identify fraudulent operations.
Customer experience, mobility and new business models based on leading fintech startups all form part of a process that many financial institutions are carrying out and these are the seven steps that they should follow in order to achieve success.
Spain has gone from being “a seriously ill patient and a source of contagion for the rest of the euro zone” to implementing “one of the most vigorous reform programs,” in the words of Francisco González. Thanks to the reforms undertaken, “Spain is well positioned to register sustainable growth over the next few years,” he said at the UMIP/APIE course today.