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BBVA has been recognized as the best Spanish company in online communication of corporate responsibility, according to the Italian consultancy Lundquist. At the IV CSR Online Awards BBVA has risen by one place to 7th company in the ranking of more than 100 European companies.
BBVA Chairman Francisco González has been awarded the Americas Society Gold Medal in recognition for his important contribution to the growth and development of the Americas. He received the award last night at a formal dinner in New York.
This European award recognizes the "company that is doing most to bring mobile payments to the mass market". BBVA has moved ahead of its competitors thanks to this free app that allows users to manage their card expenditure and make payments from their cell phone.
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Francisco González: Banks have to develop a new business model that adapts to the digital world and is based on knowledge
Francisco González, the president of BBVA, presented the book “Ch@nge in Madrid. 19 fundamental essays on how the Internet is changing our lives", along with Federico Casalegno, director of MIT Mobile Experience Lab (USA) and Lucien Engelen, director of Regional Acute Healthcare Network, of the Radboud University Medical Centre (Holland), two of the book's authors.
BBVA has been distinguished in the 2014 Randstad awards as one of the three most attractive companies to work for in the banking sector in Spain. The award, presented in the Círculo de Bellas Artes Academy in Madrid, was accepted by Silvia Fernández, director of Selection for BBVA.
The Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía (Mexican Center for Philanthropy, CEMEFI) presented BBVA Bancomer with the award for Socially Responsible Company in the "14 years" category, and Seguros BBVA Bancomer received the "6 years" distinction, in recognition of the bank's commitment to the community and to the economic and social development of the country.
The journal Global Finance has named BBVA the number one bank in Peru, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay in the 21st edition of its "Best Banks in Latin America” awards, due to its profitability, good service, innovative profits and for having achieved the best results in 2013.
BBVA is taking a significant step in its transformation process by creating the business area of Digital Banking, led by Carlos Torres Vila. The new division’s initial priorities are to accelerate the Group's transformation and boost development of new digital businesses.
MIT Tech Review, the prestigious magazine from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has published an article by BBVA chairman Francisco González. The article talks about “knowledge banking: an industry able to provide us with far greater value, furnishing more and better solutions for our needs and effectively supporting economic development at the global level.”