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                    <title>BBVA Consumer Finance provides financing for 10 percent of sustainable vehicles via the app in Spain</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/es/sustainability/bbva-consumer-finance-provides-financing-for-10-percent-of-sustainable-vehicles-via-the-app-in-spain/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mobility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Business]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Mobility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transport]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Consumer Finance continues making strides in its goal to promote sustainable transportation in Spain. Currently, one in ten sustainable vehicles financed by the bank is contracted through digital channels, underscoring the success of a service that combines advice, financing and a catalogue of ‘ECO’ and ‘CERO’ vehicles, sourced exclusively from official dealerships. The adoption of digital channels has surpassed initial expectations and confirms the growing interest among customers in solutions that facilitate the transition toward a more efficient mobility model.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Consumer Finance continues making strides in its goal to promote sustainable transportation in Spain. Currently, one in ten sustainable vehicles financed by the bank is contracted through digital channels, underscoring the success of a service that combines advice, financing and a catalogue of ‘ECO’ and ‘CERO’ vehicles, sourced exclusively from official dealerships. The adoption of digital channels has surpassed initial expectations and confirms the growing interest among customers in solutions that facilitate the transition toward a more efficient mobility model.]]>
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                    <title>Grupo de Energía de Bogotá to modernize Colombia’s energy infrastructure with a 500 billion peso loan from BBVA</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/co/enterprises/grupo-de-energia-de-bogota-to-modernize-colombias-energy-infrastructure-with-a-500-billion-peso-loan-from-bbva/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 06:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic sectors]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy and Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financing for companies]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Project finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible Business Plan]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) has just secured a long-term credit facility from BBVA Colombia worth 500 billion pesos, as it aims to ramp up its investment plan and modernize the country’s existing energy infrastructure.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) has just secured a long-term credit facility from BBVA Colombia worth 500 billion pesos, as it aims to ramp up its investment plan and modernize the country’s existing energy infrastructure.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA announces a strategic alliance for auto financing in Argentina</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/bbva-announces-a-strategic-alliance-for-auto-financing-in-argentina/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[María Prados]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Car credit]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                                    <category>
                                <![CDATA[Motor vehicle industry]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is all set to acquire a stake in FCA Compañía Financiera, a Stellantis firm specializing in auto financing in Argentina. This new joint venture must first be green-lighted by the competent authorities.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is all set to acquire a stake in FCA Compañía Financiera, a Stellantis firm specializing in auto financing in Argentina. This new joint venture must first be green-lighted by the competent authorities.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Mexico leads the way in automotive sector financing with 1.2 million loans</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/mx/bbva-mexico-leads-the-way-in-automotive-sector-financing-with-1-2-million-loans/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 08:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Motor vehicle industry]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>BBVA Mexico</strong> manages a portfolio in excess of <strong>50 billion</strong> pesos and now finances one out of every four automobiles in Mexico, making it the leader within the sector with a<strong> 25% market share</strong>.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>BBVA Mexico</strong> manages a portfolio in excess of <strong>50 billion</strong> pesos and now finances one out of every four automobiles in Mexico, making it the leader within the sector with a<strong> 25% market share</strong>.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA, the best real estate provider in Latin America, according to Euromoney</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-the-best-real-estate-provider-in-latin-america-according-to-euromoney/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Alexandra Rojas Rodríguez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Construction and property]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic sectors]]>
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                                                    <category>
                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The British publication has once again recognized BBVA as the bank with the best real estate solutions in the region. Furthermore, Euromoney named the Peru and Argentina franchises as finalists in their respective countries, thanks to their home loans.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The British publication has once again recognized BBVA as the bank with the best real estate solutions in the region. Furthermore, Euromoney named the Peru and Argentina franchises as finalists in their respective countries, thanks to their home loans.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA partners with Fifth Wall Climate Fund to invest in technologies to decarbonize the real estate industry</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbva-partners-with-fifth-wall-climate-fund-to-invest-in-technologies-to-decarbonize-the-real-estate-industry/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[XE98434]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Sustainability Projects]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Carbon Footprint]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Construction and property]]>
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                                                    <category>
                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and US venture capital firm Fifth Wall, are joining forces to invest in technologies that address climate change in the real estate and construction industries, which make up 40% of the global total carbon dioxide emissions.Through Fifth Wall’s Climate Fund, BBVA will invest in companies seeking decarbonization solutions that address the entire lifecycle of buildings.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and US venture capital firm Fifth Wall, are joining forces to invest in technologies that address climate change in the real estate and construction industries, which make up 40% of the global total carbon dioxide emissions.Through Fifth Wall’s Climate Fund, BBVA will invest in companies seeking decarbonization solutions that address the entire lifecycle of buildings.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA reaches an agreement to purchase Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias from Merlin Properties</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-closes-a-deal-with-merlin-to-buy-back-662-branches/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[miriam.gidron]]>
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                                                                        <category>
                                <![CDATA[Construction and property]]>
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                                                    <category>
                                <![CDATA[Investments]]>
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                                                    <category>
                                <![CDATA[Mergers and acquisitions]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has reached an agreement to purchase <a href="https://shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20090925_HR_Arbol_tcm927-347262.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias SOCIMI</strong></a> from Merlin Properties. The company has 665 offices rented to BBVA. These offices that currently belong to Merlin are part of the package that BBVA sold to Tree Inversiones in 2009-2019 under a sale and lease back contract.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has reached an agreement to purchase <a href="https://shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20090925_HR_Arbol_tcm927-347262.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias SOCIMI</strong></a> from Merlin Properties. The company has 665 offices rented to BBVA. These offices that currently belong to Merlin are part of the package that BBVA sold to Tree Inversiones in 2009-2019 under a sale and lease back contract.]]>
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                    <title>Big data, apps and blockchain: the innovative technology revolutionising the property sector</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/big-data-apps-and-blockchain-the-innovative-technology-revolutionising-the-property-sector/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 01:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Construction and property]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In recent years, the term proptech (technology applied to property) has become popular across the various strands of the housing market. The emergence of startups using tech tools like big data and artificial intelligence, as well as the inevitable digitisation of countless traditional companies due to the Coronavirus crisis, has laid the foundations for this sector to be reinvented.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In recent years, the term proptech (technology applied to property) has become popular across the various strands of the housing market. The emergence of startups using tech tools like big data and artificial intelligence, as well as the inevitable digitisation of countless traditional companies due to the Coronavirus crisis, has laid the foundations for this sector to be reinvented.]]>
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                    <title>New vehicle sales up 5 percent in 4Q20, according to BBVA Research Auto Sales Chartbook</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/new-vehicle-sales-up-5-percent-in-4q20-according-to-bbva-research-auto-sales-chartbook/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic sectors]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Motor vehicle industry]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://bbvaresearch.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Research</a> published its January auto sales chartbook, noting vehicle sales went up 5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020. Sales for the year declined 14.7 percent to 14.5 million units, the lowest since 2012.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://bbvaresearch.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Research</a> published its January auto sales chartbook, noting vehicle sales went up 5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020. Sales for the year declined 14.7 percent to 14.5 million units, the lowest since 2012.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA and NOS close the first sustainable financing agreement in Portugal's telecommunications sector</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-and-nos-close-the-first-sustainable-financing-agreement-in-portugals-telecommunications-sector/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Santiago Romero]]>
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                                                                        <category>
                                <![CDATA[Communications]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                                    <category>
                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The NOS group and BBVA formalized the first sustainable financing agreement for a company in Portugal´s telecommunications sector. The €100-million line of commercial paper -with maturity in June 2026- will cover the company's global financing needs.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The NOS group and BBVA formalized the first sustainable financing agreement for a company in Portugal´s telecommunications sector. The €100-million line of commercial paper -with maturity in June 2026- will cover the company's global financing needs.]]>
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