Tagged: bbva

February 21, 2020 @ 10:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wollit, a UK-based “socially-focused” fintech startup, announced on Thursday it received an investment from venture capital firm Anthemis and banking giant BBVA’s venture creation partnership. Founded in 2017, Wollit claims to be a financial stability network that is giving “peace of mind” to people in… Read More

January 27, 2020 @ 8:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Holvi, the BBVA-owned digital banking specialist for self-employed business owners, has officially expanded its services to its third core market, which is the UK. The company’s other core markets are Germany and Finland. Its further operating countries are Ireland, Belgium, France, Italy, and the Netherlands…. Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA, a Spanish multinational banking group, announced on Tuesday it has partnered with the authentication solutions company Nok Nok Labs to further strengthen the use of biometric authentication on its mobile banking services. BBVA reported that through this agreement, Nok Nok will provide BBVA with… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA, a major Spanish multinational banking group, is considering the possibility of providing various banking-related products via Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). The financial industry has seen a large number of new solutions being introduced during the past few years and there has been a sharp increase in… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 2:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Madrid-based Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), a multinational Spanish banking group with $827 billion in total assets, recently revealed its successful third quarter results. BBVA, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, noted in a blog post on November 11 that its digital sales statistics… Read More

November 4, 2019 @ 6:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prosper Marketplace, a leading marketplace lending platform, has launched a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) product in partnership with BBVA. According to a blog post, the HELOC is currently available in Texas, Florida, Arizona and Alabama. Prosper said the two companies are bringing together… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over 650,000 companies can register to become BBVA Spain customers, via an online process that reportedly takes a few minutes to complete.  BBVA has been offering various online enrollment options for private clients. The institution is the first bank in Spain to launch an online… Read More

October 15, 2019 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday it led the first funding round of PrivacyCloud, a Spanish startup developing a series of tools to allow users to control how their data are used by businesses to create commercial or marketing offers. La Sexta Opción, an investment vehicle promoted and… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Univfy, an AI platform company that has a mission is to improve fertility patients’ experience and access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), announced on Monday it has formed a collaboration with BBVA USA, the US subsidiary of global financial institution BBVA, to offer a finance program… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 6:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

5G (fifth generation cellular network technology) is expected to significantly improve several key sectors of society. The newly developed 5G tech offers 10 times faster speeds compared to 4G networks.  5G also enables higher network connection density in terms of the number of online devices… Read More

September 24, 2019 @ 9:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday its third senior non-preferred bond of 2019 in the wholesale market. The banking group reported that the €1 billion 5-year maturity bond was priced at mid swap plus 95/100 basis points. BBVA also revealed that the issue is part of its… Read More

August 20, 2019 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday it is set to offer digital customer onboarding everywhere it operates by the end of this year. According to the banking group, this digital onboarding process is based on biometric identification technologies, which is already available in Spain, will now reach other… Read More

August 13, 2019 @ 1:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday the first set of finalists in the eleventh edition of BBVA Open Talent, which BBVA claims is the world’s biggest fintech competition. According to the banking group, more than 800 start-ups from across the globe have entered this latest edition of… Read More

July 4, 2019 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday, in partnership with Uber, that it is launching what it claims to be the first banking product in Mexico that operates in a third-party app. BBVA reported that through the Uber application, Uber’s driver and delivery partners may quickly and easily… Read More

June 27, 2019 @ 10:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Thursday the launch of its new accelerator program that is designed to “foster” success among the fintech startup ecosystem. The program, called BBVA Open Innovation Accelerator Program, aims to give startups a helping hand for success. “Over the course of nine-months, those… Read More

June 18, 2019 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Monday it has teamed up with Dufry to launched the first WeChat Pay facilities in Spain in travel retail operator’s World Duty Free stores at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport. According to BBVA, the move is a “hugely significant shift” within the… Read More

April 4, 2019 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Wednesday it closed a blockchain-powered sustainable “Schuldschein” loan for the Madrid Government. BBVA reported that the deal, which is structured as per the German debt instrument, is worth a total of €220 million and will be allocated to sustainable projects. BBVA revealed:… Read More

February 19, 2019 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday it has issued its first blockchain-supported structured green bond for MAPFRE. According to BBVA, the bond is a private placement in which MAPFRE invested €35 million six-year term bond linked to the evolution of the five-year euro swap rate. It was revealed: “With this bond… Read More

January 25, 2019 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Friday its backed fintech investment fund Propel Venture Partners took part in the $6.2m Series A funding round of Groww, an India-based investment mobile app. Founded in 2017, Grow uses technology and expert financial knowledge to help make mobile investing simple and rewarding for users. The app’s mission… Read More

January 8, 2019 @ 9:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday its investment arm Propel Venture Partners led the latest funding round for invisible payments firm, Grabango. Founded in 2016, Grabango describes itself as a “leading” provider of checkout free shopper technology for existing stores. The company claims its solution is the only… Read More