Freelance work generated 70,490 jobs in 2016 in Spain, an average of 193 every day. 25,479 new independent contractors registered with Social Security last year. This group hired 45,011 people, according to an ATA report published by ABC. Nevertheless, the group generated fewer jobs in 2016 than in 2015, when 75,524 jobs were created.

BBVA has agreed to acquire 9.95% of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi from Dogus Group for approximately a total of 3.32 billion Turkish lira (€859 million)¹, increasing its stake in Turkey’s largest bank by market capitalization to 49.85%. The acquisition of the additional stake would boost BBVA Group’s net attributable profit by about €165 million in 2018, according to analysts’ consensus for Garanti’s earnings².

One in five smartphones sold in 2017 will have learning capabilities,according to Deloitte’s report Predictions for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Sector 2017.

DHL Express believes that international ecommerce will grow an average of 25% from now until 2020 – a “great opportunity” for global companies. This was one of the company’s findings from its study “The Spice Trade of the 21st Century”, presented at the first day of Export@ Digital. Despite the growth outlooks, only 10% of companies offer their products and services abroad, EFE reports.

The BBVA Group sold a 1.7% stake in CNCB in the market for about €554 million,  with net capital gains of about €177 million and thus concluding the sale of nearly its entire stake in the Chinese bank. Since the beginning, the investment in CNCB as a whole has generated a positive cash flow for BBVA of about €1.3 billion.

BBVA’s current strategy to accelerate the sale of the Spanish real estate assets has resulted in the first wholesale transaction of 2017. BBVA’s portfolio consists of almost 3,500 units. The operation had been dubbed Project Buffalo.