Accenture presented a new study, “The Rise of InsurTech”, which shows that nearly half of all global investment in insurance technology is in artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT).

On April 4 the new €50 note will enter into circulation. This new note, presented on July 5, 2016 by the European Central Bank will be phased in gradually and will coexist with the preceding model, which will remain legal tender. Thus, the ECB completes another step in the rollout of the Europa series, and follows the €5, €10 and €20 notes, which have already been issued. Reinhold Gerstetter, independent banknote designer was selected to refresh the design of the notes.

90% of the professional digital crowdlending platforms believe that collaboration with banks will increase this year, according to a survey of MytripleA.

Nearly one in five mobile phones, and one in four video game consoles, shipped internationally is fake according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which has issued an alert regarding the impact the increase in the trade in counterfeits in the global information and communications technology (ICT) sector has on consumers, manufacturers, and public finances.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) filed on March 31, 2017 with the Securities and Exchange Commission BBVA´s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Annual Report can be found on Investor Relations BBVA´s website in the section dedicated to Financial Information 2016.

The big data business will reach €5.5 billion in Europe in 2018, a sector on which Spain’s biggest banks are betting, according to CUNEF (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros).