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                    <title>BBVA Payment Solutions That Boost Growth for SMEs and the Self-Employed in Spain</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/es/enterprises/bbva-payment-solutions-that-boost-growth-for-smes-and-the-self-employed-in-spain/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate payments]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial management]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA offers a full ecosystem of payment solutions – from physical POS terminals to digital platforms like Social Pay or Wipöp— so the self-employed and businesses can charge their customers quickly and securely, tailored to their sales channels. The bank continues to champion innovation in payment methods as a driver of competitiveness and digitization, supporting businesses at every stage of their development.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA offers a full ecosystem of payment solutions – from physical POS terminals to digital platforms like Social Pay or Wipöp— so the self-employed and businesses can charge their customers quickly and securely, tailored to their sales channels. The bank continues to champion innovation in payment methods as a driver of competitiveness and digitization, supporting businesses at every stage of their development.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Named Best Bank for Embedded Finance by Global Finance</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-named-best-bank-for-embedded-finance-by-global-finance/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Awards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digitization for Companies]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Global Finance has named BBVA<a href="https://gfmag.com/award/award-winners/worlds-best-digital-banks-2025-round-ii-corporate-winners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Best Bank for Embedded Finance</a> in the second round of the World’s Best Digital Banks 2025 – Corporate Winners awards. The award recognizes BBVA’s leadership in developing integrated financial solutions that deliver simple, immediate, and relevant banking services directly within the environments where individuals and businesses need them.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Global Finance has named BBVA<a href="https://gfmag.com/award/award-winners/worlds-best-digital-banks-2025-round-ii-corporate-winners/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Best Bank for Embedded Finance</a> in the second round of the World’s Best Digital Banks 2025 – Corporate Winners awards. The award recognizes BBVA’s leadership in developing integrated financial solutions that deliver simple, immediate, and relevant banking services directly within the environments where individuals and businesses need them.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA, Best Bank for SMEs in Spain and Western Europe, According to Global Finance</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-best-bank-for-smes-in-spain-and-western-europe-according-to-global-finance/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Awards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Global Finance magazine has just announced the winners of its '<a href="https://gfmag.com/award/award-winners/worlds-best-sme-banks-2026-western-europe/">World’s Best SME Banks</a>' awards. In this year’s edition, BBVA has received a double accolade: ‘Best SME Bank in Spain’ and ‘Best SME Bank in Western Europe.’ These awards showcase its business support model, its growth within this segment, and its ability to boost productivity, digitalization, and sustainability among small and medium-sized enterprises.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Global Finance magazine has just announced the winners of its '<a href="https://gfmag.com/award/award-winners/worlds-best-sme-banks-2026-western-europe/">World’s Best SME Banks</a>' awards. In this year’s edition, BBVA has received a double accolade: ‘Best SME Bank in Spain’ and ‘Best SME Bank in Western Europe.’ These awards showcase its business support model, its growth within this segment, and its ability to boost productivity, digitalization, and sustainability among small and medium-sized enterprises.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA, Companies' Strategic Partner</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-companies-strategic-partner/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate information]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/">Enterprises</a> are one of the six major priorities in <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/1600-bbva-employees-met-in-madrid-to-advance-the-banks-2025-2029-strategy/">BBVA’s 2025 - 2029 strategic cycle</a>.  The bank supports all companies in every stage of their development, offering accessible solutions, tailored to their needs and reality, a global vision (presence in 25 countries) and expert advice. BBVA is much more than a financial provider: it is the strategic partner that boosts companies’ growth, combining knowledge, innovation and sustainability. From SMEs to large corporations and institutions, BBVA wants to be by their side, understand their challenges and help them overcome them with confidence.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/">Enterprises</a> are one of the six major priorities in <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/1600-bbva-employees-met-in-madrid-to-advance-the-banks-2025-2029-strategy/">BBVA’s 2025 - 2029 strategic cycle</a>.  The bank supports all companies in every stage of their development, offering accessible solutions, tailored to their needs and reality, a global vision (presence in 25 countries) and expert advice. BBVA is much more than a financial provider: it is the strategic partner that boosts companies’ growth, combining knowledge, innovation and sustainability. From SMEs to large corporations and institutions, BBVA wants to be by their side, understand their challenges and help them overcome them with confidence.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA surpasses €3 billion in agribusiness through August, up 69 percent YoY</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-surpasses-e3-billion-in-agribusiness-through-august-up-69-percent-yoy/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financing for companies]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans for SMEs and the self-employed]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Business]]>
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                            <![CDATA[From January to August 2025, BBVA reached €3.1 billion in agrifood business, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2024. Of this amount, €2.09 billion corresponded to sustainable business, with 82 percent YoY growth. BBVA announced these figures at Fruit Attraction, one of the world’s top fruit and vegetable trade fairs, held this week in Madrid.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[From January to August 2025, BBVA reached €3.1 billion in agrifood business, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2024. Of this amount, €2.09 billion corresponded to sustainable business, with 82 percent YoY growth. BBVA announced these figures at Fruit Attraction, one of the world’s top fruit and vegetable trade fairs, held this week in Madrid.]]>
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                    <title>Jaime Sáenz de Tejada: “One in four companies in Spain chose BBVA in 2024”</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/jaime-saenz-de-tejada-one-in-four-companies-in-spain-chose-bbva-in-2024/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 15:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Advice for companies]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Jaime Sáenz de Tejada, Global Head of Commercial &amp; Institutional Client Solutions, stated that “one in four companies in Spain chose BBVA in 2024, a figure that is even more impressive in Catalonia, where one in three companies chose BBVA.”]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Jaime Sáenz de Tejada, Global Head of Commercial &amp; Institutional Client Solutions, stated that “one in four companies in Spain chose BBVA in 2024, a figure that is even more impressive in Catalonia, where one in three companies chose BBVA.”]]>
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                    <title>Davos 2026 Forum: Spirit of Dialogue</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/whats-happening-davos-forum/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital Economics]]>
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                            <![CDATA[‘Spirit of Dialogue’ is the theme of the new edition of the Davos Forum to be held in Switzerland from January 19 to 23, 2026. Organized by the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Economic Forum (WEF)</a>, the event will bring together public- and private-sector leaders, along with representatives from civil society, with the aim of finding shared solutions to the world’s most pressing global challenges. Davos 2026 takes place against an international backdrop in which global balances and growth models are being shaped by geopolitical fragmentation, economic uncertainty, and the relentless pace of technological change. In this context, the Forum has cemented its status as a key space for fostering cooperation, promoting responsible innovation, and championing more resilient and inclusive growth capable of generating prosperity while respecting the planet’s limits.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[‘Spirit of Dialogue’ is the theme of the new edition of the Davos Forum to be held in Switzerland from January 19 to 23, 2026. Organized by the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Economic Forum (WEF)</a>, the event will bring together public- and private-sector leaders, along with representatives from civil society, with the aim of finding shared solutions to the world’s most pressing global challenges. Davos 2026 takes place against an international backdrop in which global balances and growth models are being shaped by geopolitical fragmentation, economic uncertainty, and the relentless pace of technological change. In this context, the Forum has cemented its status as a key space for fostering cooperation, promoting responsible innovation, and championing more resilient and inclusive growth capable of generating prosperity while respecting the planet’s limits.]]>
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                    <title>Sustainable finance, critical to the financial industry of the future</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainable-finance-critical-to-the-financial-industry-of-the-future/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial system]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=681786</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Even though sustainable finance has been a fundamental issue in the social agenda for many years now, thanks to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, the world became aware of the environmental risks and economic impact resulting from the effects of climate change. However, it is not just society that is increasingly more aware. The financial industry is also contemplating climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as relevant factors to determine their investment strategy.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Even though sustainable finance has been a fundamental issue in the social agenda for many years now, thanks to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, the world became aware of the environmental risks and economic impact resulting from the effects of climate change. However, it is not just society that is increasingly more aware. The financial industry is also contemplating climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as relevant factors to determine their investment strategy.]]>
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                    <title>How a bank designs a virtual assistant that helps you understand your finances</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/how-a-bank-designs-a-virtual-assistant-that-helps-you-understand-your-finances/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 00:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial health]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                            <![CDATA["Hello! Finally, we meet! I have been specifically designed to help you better understand the ins and outs of your daily finances.  I am always available and crunching the numbers is one of my favorite tasks."

This could be the start of a friendship, a virtual friendship, because the virtual assistant is a “bot” enabled in BBVA’s app whose express mission is to better control customer finances. “We call it a  'pseudo-bot’ ... initially resembling conversational interfaces,” explains Sergio Ruiz Navarro, who is responsible for the design/UX of this endearing creature whose mission is to understand if customers do a good job (or not) of managing their money.]]>
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                            <![CDATA["Hello! Finally, we meet! I have been specifically designed to help you better understand the ins and outs of your daily finances.  I am always available and crunching the numbers is one of my favorite tasks."

This could be the start of a friendship, a virtual friendship, because the virtual assistant is a “bot” enabled in BBVA’s app whose express mission is to better control customer finances. “We call it a  'pseudo-bot’ ... initially resembling conversational interfaces,” explains Sergio Ruiz Navarro, who is responsible for the design/UX of this endearing creature whose mission is to understand if customers do a good job (or not) of managing their money.]]>
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                    <title>Atom explores what trust means to digital banking</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/atom-explores-what-trust-means-to-digital-banking/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Behavioural sciences]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and economic wellness]]>
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                            <![CDATA[To trust or not to trust? This is the question that will redefine success in the digital age. <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/bbva-refuerza-apoyo-neobanco-britanico-atom-inversion/">Atom Bank</a>, the first mobile bank in the United Kingdom has been called on to analyze the driving factor behind this new challenge, thanks to an agreement that secures their participation in a three-year project with Newcastle University. BBVA <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-backs-uk-banking-disruptor-atom-further-investment/">owns a 39 percent stake</a> in Atom Bank.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[To trust or not to trust? This is the question that will redefine success in the digital age. <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/bbva-refuerza-apoyo-neobanco-britanico-atom-inversion/">Atom Bank</a>, the first mobile bank in the United Kingdom has been called on to analyze the driving factor behind this new challenge, thanks to an agreement that secures their participation in a three-year project with Newcastle University. BBVA <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-backs-uk-banking-disruptor-atom-further-investment/">owns a 39 percent stake</a> in Atom Bank.]]>
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