BBVA has been chosen as one of the best multinational workplaces in 2015 in the annual ranking prepared by the prestigious international consultant Great Place To Work®. BBVA is considered the best multinational workplace in the financial industry and is ranked eighth among the 25 best places to work in the world. The list is headed by the tech companies Google and SAS Institute.
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Francisco González: "Every corner of this industry is undergoing radical change"
BBVA Chairman Francisco González stressed out the challenges that the financial industry is facing in the new digital environment. During his address in the annual meeting of the Institute of International Finance held this weekend in Lima, he stated that “Something massive is happening in our industry. It’s already underway and will only accelerate”.
The method aims to deal with the challenges of managing a company in the same way that designers tackle design problems.
A commitment to easy banking and technology has made BBVA a global example in financial inclusion. The BBVA Group has signed a strategic accord with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), becoming the newest partner of the AFI Public-Private Dialogue Platform.
The British magazine Euromoney has published an extensive article on BBVA and its leadership in the transformation of the financial industry. Under the title "Francisco González, the digital banker", Euromoney describes the bank’s transformation, and takes a look at the BBVA Group’s strategy of the last few years to become a leader in digital banking.
BBVA has obtained authorization from the Central Bank of UAE to open a Representative Office in Abu Dhabi to provide support for the bank’s large customers and institutional clients. The new office to be located on the 23/F, Tower 1, Sowwah Square, marks BBVA’s first entry into the Middle East and will mainly provide support for the global markets business.
Source and GridMarkets have won the 2014 North America and Rest of World BBVA Open Talent Awards in the respective categories of New Banking and Digital Life. The winning prize for both startups will be a contract worth 30,000 euros with BBVA to test their respective products or services. Mexico and the United States were the protagonists in this year’s contest, which included participants from as far afield as India, South Africa, Russia or Singapore.
Francisco González, Chairman and CEO of BBVA, has presented the book Reinventing the Company in the Digital Age, which is a compilation of reflections from prominent specialist in different fields of knowledge on how the revolution spurred by information technology is transforming the way we work and do business.
During the second version of Digital Bank, entrepreneurs from several Latin American countries presented technological solutions for effective operation and communication of banks with their internal and external customers. These are some projects and the winner.
BBVA was distinguished in the “e-Commerce Awards Paraguay 2015” as best bank in the category of “Financial Services and Online Banking”, organized by the Latin American Institute for Electronic Commerce and coordinated locally by the Paraguayan Chamber of Electronic Commerce (CAPACE) and the Paraguayan Industrial Union.