Garanti BBVA has launched Foreign Trade Packages that allow businesses engaged in international trade to carry out import, export and related banking transactions on more advantageous terms than when paying fees for each individual transaction. With options tailored to different transaction needs and volumes, the packages can be purchased at Garanti BBVA branches or through Mobile and Online Banking, while remaining allowances can be tracked in real time through digital channels.

On October 15, BBVA will pay its shareholders 37 cents per share in cash as a gross interim dividend against 2026 earnings. This amount is nearly 16 percent higher than in 2025 and represents the highest interim dividend in BBVA’s history. In total, the bank will distribute approximately €2.0 billion to its shareholders¹.

BBVA is gearing up its service model for middle-market companies, combining artificial intelligence and digital tools with specialized advice. This gives relationship managers more time to understand each company’s plans and support its decision-making. For companies, the result is a better client experience, with more agile and personalized service and advice tailored more closely to the needs of each business. Middle-market companies currently account for around 60% of the client base of the bank’s Commercial & Institutional Client Solutions area.

Garanti BBVA has completed a USD 125 million sustainable subordinated bond issuance with a consortium of IFC and DEG. The proceeds will support the Bank’s capital structure while being directed toward green investments by micro-enterprises and SMEs and improving women entrepreneurs’ access to finance.

BBVA Digital Banks and eDreams ODIGEO are launching a strategic partnership to promote integrated digital experiences across travel and financial services. The collaboration, which begins in Italy and Germany, aims to bring together the capabilities and expertise of both companies to develop new digital propositions. As a first step, an exclusive campaign will launch in Germany in September for new customers of  BBVA Germany who are eligible to participate and enjoy one year of Opodo Prime Plus free of charge, an online travel subscription programme offering exclusive benefits and discounts on flights, hotels, trains and car rentals.

Clean technologies, or cleantech, are no longer just solutions that help lower emissions. They have become a key component in economic and geopolitical transformation. The first edition of the European Clean Tech Atlas 2026, published by the Bruegel think tank offers an in-depth look at their deployment and the challenge of combining decarbonization, industrial competitiveness and energy security.

In an op-ed published by El Español, José Manuel Gómez-Borrero, responsible for Equity Capital Markets at BBVA CIB, analyzes the current two-speed dynamics of the primary equity market, contrasting the agility of accelerated placements with the caution surrounding new IPOs, and explains why early preparation is key to reducing investor uncertainty.

BBVA on Wednesday placed £600 million (€698 million) in a senior non-preferred bond issuance. Demand reached as much as £1.25 billion. The bond has a six-year maturity, until September 2032, with an early redemption option in September 2031. The price was set at UKT (the UK sovereign bond) +100 basis points, below the initial price guidance of UKT+115 basis points. BBVA, NatWest and Nomura acted as bookrunners.

BBVA has placed a €1.25 billion senior preferred green bond this Tuesday, maturing in September 2033. The price was set at mid-swaps +75 basis points, significantly below the initial price guidance of mid-swaps +100 basis points. The bookrunners were BBVA, Danske, ING, Natixis and UBS. Demand reached €2.8 billion.

Antalya will host COP31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, from November 9 to 20, 2026. The city is seeking to consolidate a sustainable model for urban development and tourism while tackling challenges such as water stress, rising temperatures and sea-level rise.

BBVA has published its Green Bonds Report 2025, which details how proceeds from its green bond issuances were allocated and the environmental impact of the resulting project portfolio. At year-end 2025, BBVA had 20 green bonds outstanding, with an equivalent value of €5.666 billion. The financed projects had an estimated impact of 2.9 million tons of CO₂ emissions avoided during the year, 51% more than in 2024, and are estimated to have generated nearly 11.5 million MWh of renewable energy. That is roughly equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 3.2 million European households.

In artificial intelligence, getting a prediction right or detecting complex patterns does not always mean understanding the underlying events that occurred to lead to that result. Understanding causal relationships is the core idea addressed by the doctoral thesis of Jesús Renero Quintero, who is part of the AI adoption team at the bank. The thesis was developed within the industrial PhD program in Data Science promoted by the University of Navarra and BBVA. The goal is to design AI that is more reliable and transparent.

Both international events seek to raise awareness of climate change and spur action to mitigate it, but they differ in how they operate, the commitments they generate and their scope. Climate Week NYC is a gauge of how businesses, institutions and civil society are thinking and acting, while the Conference of the Parties (COP) brings together heads of state to negotiate binding agreements.

BBVA has provided BizAway with €10 million in financing to support its acquisition of Dutch company Uniglobe Alliance Travel. The transaction will enable the scaleup to bolster its presence in Northern Europe, expand its customer base in the Benelux region, and move forward with its goal of becoming the leading corporate travel partner across the continent. The financing benefits from the support of the European Union and the European Investment Fund (EIF) under the InvestEU program.

Garanti BBVA has released a series of nine videos on its YouTube channel, called the ‘Financial Security Guide.’ The series is designed to raise awareness among viewers of potential fraud on digital channels, helping them recognize suspicious requests and take the appropriate steps to protect themselves. Featuring digital content creator Ozan Sihay, the series uses a variety of everyday scenarios to explain common fraud methods, identify warning signs and outline practical precautions in an easy-to-understand way.

*Opening image created with artificial intelligence.

BBVA Research believes that COP31, to be held in Antalya, Türkiye, this coming November, must turn climate commitments into concrete, verifiable action. The bank’s research unit notes that, while climate governance already has a framework of commitments and initiatives in place, a gap remains between the stated goals and their implementation. In a recent climate report, it also cites financing as one of the factors that will determine progress toward the measures agreed upon.

Global Finance’s awards assess the innovation structures shaping the future of financial services. Garanti BBVA Partners has been recognized in Global Finance’s World’s Best Financial Innovation Labs 2026 in the Financial Services Company (Working With External Startups and Scale-ups) category, placing it alongside the innovation labs of the world’s leading financial institutions.

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and professor at New York University.

BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking is bringing artificial intelligence directly into ePricer, its digital structured products platform, with a new release designed to make idea generation, pricing and lifecycle management more connected.

Garanti BBVA has won two awards at Global Finance’s AI in Finance Awards 2026: “Best Personalized Financial Advice in Türkiye” and “Best Personalized Financial Advice in Western Europe.” The awards recognize the bank’s AI-powered approach to providing personalized financial advice. They also qualify Garanti BBVA for the global Round II judging, with the winners to be announced in Singapore in October.

BBVA closed a $2.3 billion senior non-preferred (SNP) debt issuance on Tuesday, structured in three tranches: two three-year tranches — one $1 billion fixed-rate tranche and a $300 million floating-rate tranche — and a third $1 billion fixed-rate tranche with a five-year maturity.

As infrastructure investment grows across the U.S., project finance is helping developers turn increasingly complex projects into bankable assets.

The bank has reached €560 million ($630 million) in committed investments in funds specializing in decarbonization. The bank now invests in twelve climate funds managed by some of the world’s leading international investment platforms, thus helping to finance projects and companies that champion the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Last July witnessed the convergence of two events that, at first glance, appear to have nothing in common: the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the European Union’s decision to postpone the implementation of much of the AI Act until December 2027. With the delay announced in July, Europe’s push for trustworthy AI, launched back in 2017, will have spanned an entire decade—exactly as long as it took Odysseus to return to Ithaca following the Trojan War.

Over 7,000 Commercial Banking (BEI) professionals are now using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve customer service, streamline risk analysis and boost commercial productivity. This area accounts for one of the most widespread uses of AI across the BBVA Group. “We are integrating AI into key business processes to offer our clients a more agile, personalized and efficient experience,” said Jaime Sáenz de Tejada, Global Head of Commercial Banking at BBVA.

Jürgen von der Lehr, the new Head of Digital Banks at BBVA in Germany, takes stock of the bank’s first year in the country and highlights that BBVA has succeeded not only in attracting customers, but also in retaining them, with 60% of customers active on a monthly basis. The new executive, appointed last May, explains that the ambition is to build a universal digital bank, progressively expanding its range of products and services to become its customers’ primary bank. “Our goal is not growth for growth's sake. We want to progressively become the bank of choice for customers looking for banking that is simple, transparent and ready for the future,” Von der Lehr says in this interview.