Tagged: bbva

September 6, 2023 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Veridas, a Spanish technology company specializing in digital identity and biometrics,  announces its Voice Biometrics Solution is now “available on the Genesys AppFoundry, a marketplace of solutions offering a curated selection of applications and integrations that elevate customer and employee experiences.” With Veridas Voice Biometrics,… Read More

August 10, 2023 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Garanti BBVA, which claims to be a leading force in digitization in the Turkish banking industry, has announced the launching of Garanti BBVA Digital Assets, the first venture of its subsidiary Garanti BBVA Financial Technologies. With a pilot already in progress, the company will initially… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Iberpay and Spanish banks such as BBVA, Santander and CaixaBank have carried out the first test of this pioneering service in Europe in anticipation of the official entry into force, on November 28th, of the new One-Leg-Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst) scheme of the… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 5:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial institution is launching a new job portal “to attract people with technological backgrounds in the different countries where it has a presence.” The Group expects to end 2023 “with over 2,600 new hires of this type of professionals, 1,000 of which will be… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), a global banking leader, will use AWS “to deliver advanced analytics and data services in the cloud, taking a decisive step in its data and… Read More

February 11, 2023 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Carbon credit transaction network Carbonplace has raised $45 million in “a strategic round of investment and formed its own entity.” Carbonplace, which “connects buyers and sellers of carbon credits through their banks, secured the seed funding from the financial institutions which founded the fintech: BBVA,… Read More

November 26, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Atom Bank, which claims to be the United Kingdom’s “first” app-based bank, has reportedly agreed to terms with BBVA, Toscafund and Infinity Investment Partners in order to add a further £30 million in equity to its balance sheet. It follows the £75 million that Atom… Read More

September 16, 2022 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA New Gen, the investment product offered by the Group’s Swiss franchise, has completed its first year of existence. In a move to streamline the onboarding process, the bank now “lets prospective customers sign up online just by uploading a ‘selfie’, after which their identity… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA has implemented a comprehensive cloud-based solution that “simplifies the process of sending and validating information, providing carbon footprint indicators and emission reduction tracking figures.” It is a platform that will “enable active, data-driven management of its sustainability policies.” Sustainability is one of the transforming… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The BBVA and Anthemis partnership led the first pre-seed funding for Wiserentr with an investment of €1 million. The Spanish startup raised “a total of €1.6 million in the funding round, in which Shard Capital also participated.” Its service “reinvents the way to access high-end… Read More

February 15, 2022 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA (NYSE: BBVA) has reportedly agreed to invest $300 million (around €263 million) in Neon, a Brazilian digital bank founded in 2016 that aims “to improve access to financial services for individuals, self-employed and small businesses in its country.” Neon claims 15 million registered accounts…. Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taking a leading role in the sector with its innovative solutions in virtual banking, Garanti BBVA has implemented the Document Upload function for their corporate clients where they are able to add their financial data from Corporate Internet Banking. With this new function, Garanti BBVA… Read More

November 16, 2021 @ 12:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Newt Corporation is pleased to confirm the signing of an agreement with Blackhawk Network in order to operate the software-as-a-service or SaaS payment platform that “enables Blackhawk to provide digital products and services to BBVA, the largest financial institution in Mexico.” Sergio Maya Aleman, CEO… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA, the Spanish multinational banking group, and the Sella Group have reportedly entered into a partnership that is focused on supporting Open finance. Through the partnership, BBVA will be providing its foreign clients, who are willing to operate in Italy and those of the newly… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA and 500 Global have entered an agreement for 500 Global to implement an Intelligence Platform that would support BBVA’s ability to “identify new startups, technologies and emerging trends with the potential to impact the future of the most innovative industries, and by extension, the… Read More

October 22, 2021 @ 7:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The BBVA Group is launching an all-digital retail banking in Italy, with a “unique” value proposition and customer experience. BBVA is entering the Italian market with free digital banking; “one of the most secure cards in the world – as there are no printed numbers… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA and Ant Group (Alibaba affiliate) have entered an agreement to work on the integration of financial services in their platform, Trusple. Based on blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), this network aims “to accelerate the digital transformation and facilitate the financing of international trade… Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ALPIMA, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for investment management and product design has been selected by the BBVA for scaling its Quantitative Investment Solutions (QIS) business. ALPIMA is a business-to-business (B2B) tech and advisory firm serving banking institutions, fund managers and wealth management companies globally. Its… Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA Switzerland has opened its Bitcoin trading service to all private banking customers. After six months of in-house testing with a certain group of users, BBVA Switzerland has decided to make its first digital asset trading and custody service accessible to all its private banking… Read More

April 28, 2021 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  BBVA announced on Wednesday it will be offering recycled cards in all countries where it operates prior to the end of 2021. The banking group also revealed that by 2023, it will no longer issue other types of cards, in line with its commitment to… Read More