Tagged: spain

July 16, 2020 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander, a Madrid-based multinational commercial that generates around 50 billion Euros in annual revenue, and Banco Sabadell, the fifth-largest Spanish banking group with over 26,000 employees, have finalized a proof-of-concept (PoC) test that supports the execution of digital payments via blockchain-based smart contracts. BBVA,… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 12:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Telefónica, S.A., a Spanish multinational telecommunications company with over 48 billion EUR in annual revenue, will be piloting a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-based platform for settling roaming discount agreements. Telefónica will be joined by Deutsche Telekom, a major German telecommunications company, and British… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Auriga, an Italy-based company specializing in omnichannel banking solutions,  announced on Tuesday the opening of its two new branches in Spain and Mexico, following its international expansion strategy. Founded in 1992, Auriga describes itself as a software solutions company that specializes in end-to-end systems that integrate… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Village Capital helps company founders and business owners through its accelerator program. There are 11 early-stage Fintech firms that will be taking part in Village Capital’s investment-readiness program, called Finance Forward Europe. The initiative is part of Finance Forward, which is a multi-year global coalition… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

October, a leading European online lender, notes that it was launched after the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 with the goal of providing more financing options or alternatives to European SMEs. The October team wrote in a blog post published on July 1, 2020: “We… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 1:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Strands, a Spain-based fintech that specializes in advanced digital banking solutions, announced on Tuesday it has been granted an AISP license as it prepares to expand its PSD2 services offering. According to Strands, an AISP is a payment institution which, under the revised Payment Services… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

FC Barcelona, the legendary football club, held its first “flash sale” in partnership with the club’s partner Chiliz who is issuing the digital asset using blockchain. According to FC Barcelona, 600,000 Barça Fan Tokens ($BAR) were purchased in under 2 hours. Tokens were sold at… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Andréa Toucinho, the Director of Studies, Prospective and Training of Partelya Consulting and Country Ambassador for France of European Women Payments Network (EWPN), notes that it’s necessary to develop a European vision or roadmap for adopting Open Banking and Open Finance platforms. She suggests that… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 7:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Square announced on Monday it has acquired Spain-based P2P payments app, Verse. Founded in 2015, Verse describes itself as a mobile app that allows users to share payments easily, instantly, and with no hidden fees. “Not only can you pay and receive money… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech Payhawk, a corporate expense management solution provider that secured €3 million in seed funding in March 2020, has teamed up with Visa in order to issue business cards that offer 0.50% exchange rates. The Payhawk team says that by working with the payments… Read More

June 12, 2020 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Chan, CEO at Monedo (previously Kreditech), a point of sale (PoS) lender that claims to have more than one million customers who have reportedly received over 2 million loans (as of March 2020), says that the online lender has a global addressable market of… Read More

June 11, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Thursday its entire branch network in Spain is now operational after the bank reopened the last of the branches that were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. BBVA reported that the branches will follow strict safety measures, and the banking group is… Read More

June 10, 2020 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Caixabank, a retail banking group in Spain, will be introducing facial recognition technology at 100 ATM locations across the country. The bank’s customers will be able to make withdrawals without having to enter their PIN codes. Facial recognition tech is also being used at the… Read More

June 8, 2020 @ 3:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Button, a mobile commerce technology company, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with Bnext, a mobile-first neobank of Spain. Button reported through the partnership, Bnext users can seamlessly shop and save money with various brands, including AliExpress, Groupon, and Black Limba, powered by Button’s technology…. Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CaixaBank, a retail banking group based in Spain, announced on Thursday it has reached an agreement with IBM Services (NYSE:IBM) to accelerate its “hybrid cloud journey” and increase the bank’s capability to develop innovative, digital-first solutions to enhance client experiences. According to CaixaBank, IBM has… Read More

June 2, 2020 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Square Crypto, a Bitcoin (BTC) focused initiative launched by Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square (NYSE:SQ), has awarded a grant to Talaia (pronounced “Talaia”), a project-based in Spain and developed by Sergi Delgado, a distributed networks specialist from Barcelona. Square Crypto noted via Twitter: “Talaia is… Read More

May 31, 2020 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Barcelona’s Fintech firm Belvo has secured $10 million in capital, in order to recruit between 40-50 new project developers. Belvo is also planning to establish business offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Y Combinator-backed Belvo maintains its second major hub and primary market in Mexico… Read More

May 23, 2020 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global economy has slowed down considerably during the past few months due to COVID-19. Many businesses and industries have been negatively affected, including financial services providers. The pandemic has destabilized private capital markets. Investments in new initiatives and early-stage companies have decreased significantly. During… Read More

May 5, 2020 @ 7:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain with around €700 billion in total assets, has teamed up with a local research center, called the IMDEA Software Institution. The BBVA noted in a release that it… Read More

May 1, 2020 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Spain-based Banco Santander (Santander Group), a multinational commercial bank and financial services company, announced this week it has completed its purchase of a 50.1% stake in Ebury, a UK-based Fintech firm that offers corporate banking services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that trade internationally,… Read More