BBVA CEO Carlos Torres Vila considers that “it’s an exciting time for the financial sector, due to everything that data and technology are allowing us to do.” In a conference held this Thursday in Madrid by the ABC-Deloitte Forum, he shared his upbeat view about the transformation journey that BBVA is on: “We want to turn data into opportunities for our customers”.

In its report "Level of maturity of the Spanish financial sector" KPMG maintains that new payment methods (mobile apps, contactless stickers, wearables, etc.) are gaining ground in a market that still mainly uses cash, debit and credit cards, and bank transfers.

According to  Foregenix’s analysis of 60,000 web sites on Magento – the most popular e-commerce platform – 78% lack critical security patches and 5% contain malicious software that collects customers’ data.

Keeping a city’s cultural renaissance moving forward can be difficult, but with Next Gen, Birmingham, Ala. hopes to not only achieve it, but inspire the next generation to foster it.

Spain’s airspace navigation manager ENAIRE is predicting a total of 55,000 flights in Spanish airspace during the Easter break between Friday, April 7th and April 17th. About  5,000 more flights are forecast for this week than during same period in 2016, or  2.7 % of all the estimated air traffic for 2017. ENAIRE has increased the number of air traffic controllers in its control centers and main control towers, due to the higher volume of flights.

According to the economic daily Expansión,  Spain's Association of Employment Agencies and Temporary Placement Agencies predicts that Holy Week will create 147,700 jobs in the tourist sector, an 8% increase over the same period in 2016. The hotel/restaurant and commercial sectors will create the most jobs, but the logistics, retail, transport, and "contact center" sectors will also need many more workers.