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                    <title>Atom becomes the UK’s most recommended neo-bank</title>
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                            <![CDATA[Atom Bank, the UK's first mobile only bank is the most recommended bank in the UK, according to <a href="https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/68153/upstart-atom-displaces-first-direct-as-uks-most-recommended-bank?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=finextrafeed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Finextra’s</a> Relational Net Promoter Score (RNPS) survey of 15,000 consumers. In November 2015 BBVA bought an equity stake in Atom of almost 30%.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Atom Bank, the UK's first mobile only bank is the most recommended bank in the UK, according to <a href="https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/68153/upstart-atom-displaces-first-direct-as-uks-most-recommended-bank?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=finextrafeed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Finextra’s</a> Relational Net Promoter Score (RNPS) survey of 15,000 consumers. In November 2015 BBVA bought an equity stake in Atom of almost 30%.]]>
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                    <title>Marco Bressan: “BBVA’s data-driven transformation is already a reality”</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/marco-bressan-bbvas-data-driven-transformation-already-reality/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The Group celebrated the second edition of BBVA Brainstorm, an in-company event created to provide all bank employees with a first-hand update on how of the bank’s most strategic projects are progressing and what kind of work is being conducted.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The Group celebrated the second edition of BBVA Brainstorm, an in-company event created to provide all bank employees with a first-hand update on how of the bank’s most strategic projects are progressing and what kind of work is being conducted.]]>
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                    <title>7 regulatory challenges facing blockchain</title>
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When the subject of blockchain is addressed, it is usually to <a href="http://techsauce.co/en/analysis-en/blockchain-will-revolutionize-the-network-and-change-our-lives/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hail it as a technology</a> that will overhaul entire industries. "It is a revolution because blockchains can record identities, financial transactions and all kinds of legal operations", says tech guru Chris Skinner. Nonetheless, the technology and its applications are still subject to study, and remain in a very nascent stage, particularly in the banking sector where regulators are charged with coordinating and guaranteeing industry stability.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When the subject of blockchain is addressed, it is usually to <a href="http://techsauce.co/en/analysis-en/blockchain-will-revolutionize-the-network-and-change-our-lives/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hail it as a technology</a> that will overhaul entire industries. "It is a revolution because blockchains can record identities, financial transactions and all kinds of legal operations", says tech guru Chris Skinner. Nonetheless, the technology and its applications are still subject to study, and remain in a very nascent stage, particularly in the banking sector where regulators are charged with coordinating and guaranteeing industry stability.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Wallet turns 3, inching closer to the seven-million download mark</title>
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Launched in December 2013, the footprint of BBVA’s first global digital product continues growing throughout the world]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Launched in December 2013, the footprint of BBVA’s first global digital product continues growing throughout the world]]>
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                    <title>BBVA shows how Big Data can boost tourism in Mexico</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-shows-big-data-can-boost-tourism-mexico/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Bancomer and the Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR) have presented a pioneering big data application that identifies trends and productivity in the country’s tourism destinations.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Bancomer and the Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR) have presented a pioneering big data application that identifies trends and productivity in the country’s tourism destinations.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA hosts the Web Summit crowd at the Innovation Center</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-hosts-web-summit-crowd-innovation-center/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As a partner of the Web Summit, BBVA opened the doors of its Innovation Center to host representatives of one of the most important events in Europe on technology. The conference will begin on November 7th in Lisbon. Web Summit organizers are traveling to Europe’s biggest cities to meet with the entrepreneurial community, helping them to get to know each other in these meetings leading up to the event.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As a partner of the Web Summit, BBVA opened the doors of its Innovation Center to host representatives of one of the most important events in Europe on technology. The conference will begin on November 7th in Lisbon. Web Summit organizers are traveling to Europe’s biggest cities to meet with the entrepreneurial community, helping them to get to know each other in these meetings leading up to the event.]]>
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                    <title>Immersion Week in Madrid, BBVA Open Talent 2016</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/immersion-week-madrid-bbva-open-talent-2016/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Carlos Torres Vila]]>
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                    <title>Smartphones serve as technology accelerators in Mexico</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/discovering-el-dorado/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As the great Pedro Vargas – and later Vicente Fernández – already sung decades ago in “El Rey”: ...<em>“you do not have to get there first, but you need to know how get there</em>,” (“<em>no hay que llegar primero pero hay que saber llegar</em>”). Something similar has taken place in Mexico. It may not have been the first one in the race towards digital revolution or in the adoption of new technologies, but it is proving that it knows “how to get there.”]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As the great Pedro Vargas – and later Vicente Fernández – already sung decades ago in “El Rey”: ...<em>“you do not have to get there first, but you need to know how get there</em>,” (“<em>no hay que llegar primero pero hay que saber llegar</em>”). Something similar has taken place in Mexico. It may not have been the first one in the race towards digital revolution or in the adoption of new technologies, but it is proving that it knows “how to get there.”]]>
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                    <title>Deconstructing the millennials</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/deconstructing-the-millennials/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 03:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Human capital]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Numerous publications have attempted to find out what defines the millennials –the new generation of young people who not only have different values and tastes from their elders, but who are also pioneers in adapting new technologies, and whose uses and customs tend to be copied by older generations. BBVA has conducted a study to find out what they are like and what they really want out of life. It reveals that not only are there are a large number of different types of millennials, but that their preferences vary depending on their country of origin.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Numerous publications have attempted to find out what defines the millennials –the new generation of young people who not only have different values and tastes from their elders, but who are also pioneers in adapting new technologies, and whose uses and customs tend to be copied by older generations. BBVA has conducted a study to find out what they are like and what they really want out of life. It reveals that not only are there are a large number of different types of millennials, but that their preferences vary depending on their country of origin.]]>
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                    <title>Data that help make better decisions</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/data-that-help-make-better-decisions/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2016 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[María Tena]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<i>Big data</i> - a term that may sound a bit ominous and which many have used for years without properly explaining it - has many more practical applications than one could imagine. Maybe it is just because it sounds a bit like <i>big brother</i>, but unlike it, big data applications are being developed with more than positive purposes in a broad range of fields of activity. In this article we discuss some of them, offering some examples of how society can benefit by analyzing the enormous amount of data we generate every day.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<i>Big data</i> - a term that may sound a bit ominous and which many have used for years without properly explaining it - has many more practical applications than one could imagine. Maybe it is just because it sounds a bit like <i>big brother</i>, but unlike it, big data applications are being developed with more than positive purposes in a broad range of fields of activity. In this article we discuss some of them, offering some examples of how society can benefit by analyzing the enormous amount of data we generate every day.]]>
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