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This coming Sunday, October 29th, at 3:00 a.m., Spain’s time will change for the second time in 2017. Clocks will be set back an hour to 2:00 a.m., so we’ll get to sleep an extra hour. This will mark the end of Daylight Savings Time, which began on March 31st.
BBVA Group Executive Chairman Francisco González, and the Chairman of the CAF -Latin American Development Bank-, Luis Carranza, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that strengthens their ties in Latin America and formalizes the existing institutional relationship the two organizations have shared for many years.
In a conversation with journalist Gloria Lomana at the Forbes Summit, BBVA’s Group Executive Chairman offered his view of the transformation being provoked by the digital revolution. According to Francisco González, this fourth industrial revolution is going to change the world and offer opportunities to everyone.
Some 64% of the population of the European Union believes that EU membership has benefited their country, according to data collected by Eurobarómetro and published in 20 Minutos. In addition, 57% feel that being an EU member is a good thing – nearly the same percentage that was reported prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
Renewable energy accounted for 24.5% of the world’s energy production in 2016. The renewables sector also managed to meet 19.3% of world energy demand, according to a study by the German electric company Kaiserwetter, as reported by the Spanish state news agency EFE.
An artificial inteligence startup aiming to give everyone their own virtual personal money manager has been named as the winner of the 2017 BBVA Open Talent Competition. Israeli high-growth outfit, Change, beat off strong competition from almost a thousand entries from dozens of country around the world to secure top spot in the world’s biggest fintech competition.