Nearly 200 BBVA employees, from both global and local teams, met on March 21st in Madrid for the Second Global Quarterly Planning Session. The goal of the event was to expedite the execution of the products and services the bank is developing, converting them into customer experiences. Global Executive Chairman Francisco González participated in the session, indicating that “BBVA has a unique opportunity to be one of the big ‘players" in the global financial system.

As reported by Europa Press, Spaniards spent one million euros in pesetas in February, but still have €1.64 billion of the former national currency in their possession, or 272.87 billion pesetas, according to Bank of Spain data.

The journal Nutrients recently published the results of the Spanish Nutrition Foundation’s (FEN) ANIBES study, which determined the origin of the sugar consumed in Spain, El País reports.

BBVA has been used by leading researchers from MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) as the focus for a research briefing investigating what differentiates a digital business and its leadership from those trailing behind in the global digital revolution.

BBVA Momentum is not your typical business funding program, because it places a special emphasis on strategic mentoring, training and support. However, businesses enroll in the program for a number of reasons, including the possibility of being awarded a cash prize that will allow them increase their impact. For this reason, the new edition will continue providing access to investment, but with a different approach.

Nearly 600 million children – one in four children around the world – will live in places with “extremely limited” water supplies in 2040, according to a UNICEF report in commemoration of World Water Day. The UN agency for children warns of the risk water scarcity poses for young people and stresses that climate change is only making the problem worse.