BBVA CEO Carlos Torres Vila today explained, following the publication of the third quarter 2017 results, that in the first nine months of this year, BBVA earned 3.45 billion euros, 23% more than in the same period last year. “These excellent results prolong the positive trends we saw in the first two quarters of the year. The two key aspects fueling earnings were the growth in recurring income, and a great control of costs. On top of that, the decline in impairments is very positive and we also generated capital once more this quarter.”

Legal services firms are now exploring the potential of new technologies in order to apply them to their everyday work. According to a study by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, published in Expansión, 23% of the tasks carried out in this field are automated, therefore making it a budding market for so-called “legaltech”.

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.

Telecommuting is becoming increasingly popular in companies. According to research conducted by the multinational company Citrix Systems and published in Expansión, 89% of the world’s organizations will offer their employees the option to work remotely by 2020.

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.

5G cell phone connections will be one of the main European markets in the telecommunications sector in 2025. According to a study conducted by GSMA - an association of the world’s mobile network operators- published in Europa Press, 30% of European residents will have 5G on their smartphones by this date.