Mobile banking apps tend to head the ranking in the two largest app distribution platforms. Even so, the list always brings a few surprises.

Some companies already have APIs available for developers to program applications and services related to drones, allowing their control by devices such as cell phones or tablets, route planning, 3D modeling...

The study "The Information Generation: Transforming the Future, Today" (commissioned by EMC2) reviews 5 keys aspects for the future development of data processing, privacy, digital transformation and the omnichannel approach.

It's not only pilots who are caught up in the drone fever but programmers too - in just 12 hours they can make a quadcopter fly.

The new app reflects BBVA's commitment to make things easier for customers. They are free to choose how they want to interact with their bank at any moment in accordance with their personal needs and circumstances.

In 2011 the World Bank set up the Global Findex databases in order to study the financial transactions people use to save, ask for loans, make payments and manage risks.

Online financial advisors are the latest rage. More and more technological finance start-ups  are developing products that help users manage their spending in a "simple" way and, better still, in real time. Here are just five of the many tools currently on the market.

More than one billion women --40% of women worldwide-- have no access to the financial system. According to the Global Findex 2014 report, the gender gap is obvious: 58% are bank account holders compared with 65% of men.

Slowly but surely, digital wallets are becoming one of the payment channels with the greatest projection, due to two reasons: their easy usability and their adaption to the smartphone ecosystem. Can you imagine leaving your house in the future without cash or cards?

One of the debates in the financial sector is the inclusion of new payment channels that are changing the system as it was known. Virtual currencies, payments through mobile devices and online payments – new players have entered and these are the six characteristics that new payment channels should have to succeed.