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                    <title>WTA Ranking: Big Data will guide tennis players to the No. 1 spot</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/wta-ranking-big-data-will-guide-tennis-players-to-the-no-1-spot/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2015 11:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Tennis]]>
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                            <![CDATA[How important is a good serve in women’s tennis? By how many percentage points does a player need to improve her serve to climb a position in the WTA ranking? Does it take a minimum number of cross-court slice backhands to beat a specific rival? The answers to these and other questions that anyone, from fans to tennis players and their coaches, may ask are nothing but the result of measurements that are very easy to take. Current Big Data technology is capable of this and much more and, properly applied, <strong>could play a decisive role in winning games</strong>, changing training plans, or tactics in real time and contributing to decision making processes.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[How important is a good serve in women’s tennis? By how many percentage points does a player need to improve her serve to climb a position in the WTA ranking? Does it take a minimum number of cross-court slice backhands to beat a specific rival? The answers to these and other questions that anyone, from fans to tennis players and their coaches, may ask are nothing but the result of measurements that are very easy to take. Current Big Data technology is capable of this and much more and, properly applied, <strong>could play a decisive role in winning games</strong>, changing training plans, or tactics in real time and contributing to decision making processes.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA opens its first branch office in Mainland China</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-opens-its-first-branch-office-in-mainland-china/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate information]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Press release]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>BBVA</strong> has received the approval from the <strong>China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)</strong> to open a branch office in <strong>Shanghai</strong>, the first one the bank opens in Mainland China. The Spanish bank has been present in this city for ten years through its representative office, which was opened in 2005.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>BBVA</strong> has received the approval from the <strong>China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)</strong> to open a branch office in <strong>Shanghai</strong>, the first one the bank opens in Mainland China. The Spanish bank has been present in this city for ten years through its representative office, which was opened in 2005.]]>
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                    <title>Carlos Soria and Jordi Roca present ‘El heladero del Himalaya (The Ice Cream Maker of the Himalaya)’</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/carlos-soria-and-jordi-roca-present-el-heladero-del-himalaya-the-ice-cream-maker-of-the-himalaya/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Gastronomy,restaurants and cuisine]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mountaineering]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Press release]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Discovery Max will premiere the <strong>‘Ice Cream Maker of the Himalaya’</strong>. The two stars of the documentary host the official media presentation. <strong>Carlos Soria</strong> and <strong>Jordi Roca</strong> meet again after sharing a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the <strong>Himalayas</strong>.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Discovery Max will premiere the <strong>‘Ice Cream Maker of the Himalaya’</strong>. The two stars of the documentary host the official media presentation. <strong>Carlos Soria</strong> and <strong>Jordi Roca</strong> meet again after sharing a once-in-a-lifetime experience in the <strong>Himalayas</strong>.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA invests in Atom Bank, the UK's first mobile-only bank</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-invests-in-atom-bank-the-uks-first-mobile-only-bank/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investments]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mergers and acquisitions]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>BBVA</strong> has agreed to invest £45m (around €64m) for a 29.5% stake in <strong><a href="https://www.atombank.co.uk/" target="_blank">Atom</a>, the UK’s first mobile-only bank</strong>, which will launch in early 2016. The investment is part of BBVA’s strategy to lead financial services in the digital age.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>BBVA</strong> has agreed to invest £45m (around €64m) for a 29.5% stake in <strong><a href="https://www.atombank.co.uk/" target="_blank">Atom</a>, the UK’s first mobile-only bank</strong>, which will launch in early 2016. The investment is part of BBVA’s strategy to lead financial services in the digital age.]]>
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                    <title>Francisco González shares BBVA's digital transformation case with Harvard Business School faculty</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/francisco-gonzalez-shares-bbvas-digital-transformation-case-with-harvard-business-school-faculty/</link>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Computer studies, sciences and development]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate information]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Chairman &amp; CEO Francisco González participated in the Strategy Research Conference, organized by the <a href="http://www.hbs.edu/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Harvard Business School</a> to analyze how large multinationals are changing their strategies to respond to technological change. Besides Francisco González, other top executives from companies such as PepsiCo and Mozilla took to the stand.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Chairman &amp; CEO Francisco González participated in the Strategy Research Conference, organized by the <a href="http://www.hbs.edu/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Harvard Business School</a> to analyze how large multinationals are changing their strategies to respond to technological change. Besides Francisco González, other top executives from companies such as PepsiCo and Mozilla took to the stand.]]>
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                    <title>WTA Ranking: Big Data’s three keys to beat Serena Williams</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/wta-ranking-big-datas-three-keys-to-beat-serena-williams/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sport]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Tennis]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For years, IBM has been showcasing the prowess of its ‘technological beasts’ to the world through different applications in the world of sports. In one of the most famous instances of this approach, Deeper Blue, Deep Blue’s successor, managed to defeat Gary Kasparov himself, although the outcome was somewhat controversial. Now, both the men’s (ATP) and women’s (WTA) circuits in the world of tennis have been added to the company’s scope of action.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For years, IBM has been showcasing the prowess of its ‘technological beasts’ to the world through different applications in the world of sports. In one of the most famous instances of this approach, Deeper Blue, Deep Blue’s successor, managed to defeat Gary Kasparov himself, although the outcome was somewhat controversial. Now, both the men’s (ATP) and women’s (WTA) circuits in the world of tennis have been added to the company’s scope of action.]]>
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                    <title>King and Queen of Spain visit Ciudad BBVA</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/king-and-queen-of-spain-visit-ciudad-bbva/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 08:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Buildings]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Significant events]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For the first time, the King and Queen of Spain visited Ciudad BBVA, the Group’s corporate headquarters in Madrid, to unveil a commemorative plaque on the main building, <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/la-vela-bbvas-new-architectural-landmark-in-madrid/" rel="noopener">La Vela</a>. The Chairman &amp; CEO of BBVA, Francisco González, thanked King Felipe and Queen Letizia for their visit and explained how BBVA’s new headquarters in Madrid is contributing to the Group’s transformation.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For the first time, the King and Queen of Spain visited Ciudad BBVA, the Group’s corporate headquarters in Madrid, to unveil a commemorative plaque on the main building, <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/la-vela-bbvas-new-architectural-landmark-in-madrid/" rel="noopener">La Vela</a>. The Chairman &amp; CEO of BBVA, Francisco González, thanked King Felipe and Queen Letizia for their visit and explained how BBVA’s new headquarters in Madrid is contributing to the Group’s transformation.]]>
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                    <title>Infographics: BBVA Wallet milestones</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/infographics-bbva-wallet-milestones/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[APPs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Computer studies, sciences and development]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Wallet downloaded over a million times</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-wallet-downloaded-over-a-million-times/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 12:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[APPs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Computer studies, sciences and development]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Wallet, the bank’s mobile payment app, has been downloaded more than 1 million times, less than two years after its launch. Already available in four countries, the app is also being launched this week in Turkey by Garanti Bank - in which BBVA has a nearly 40% stake - under the BonusFlas brand.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Wallet, the bank’s mobile payment app, has been downloaded more than 1 million times, less than two years after its launch. Already available in four countries, the app is also being launched this week in Turkey by Garanti Bank - in which BBVA has a nearly 40% stake - under the BonusFlas brand.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Research: “The economy will grow by around 3% over the coming quarters”</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-research-the-economy-will-grow-by-around-3-over-the-coming-quarters/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[alejandro.manso]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Annual reports]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Earnings]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Macroeconomics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sectorial analysis]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Research maintains its growth forecast for Spain at 3.2% in 2015 and 2.7% in 2016, according to the latest report Spain Economic Outlook presented this Tuesday by Jorge Sicilia, the chief economist of the BBVA Group, and Rafael Doménech, BBVA Research's chief economist for Developed Economies.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Research maintains its growth forecast for Spain at 3.2% in 2015 and 2.7% in 2016, according to the latest report Spain Economic Outlook presented this Tuesday by Jorge Sicilia, the chief economist of the BBVA Group, and Rafael Doménech, BBVA Research's chief economist for Developed Economies.]]>
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