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                    <title>The Madrid Climate Change Conference: How to consume in a more sustainable and economical manner</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/the-madrid-climate-change-conference-how-to-consume-in-a-more-sustainable-and-economical-manner/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 04:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Monica Coca (colaborador externo)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[With the slogan “Time for Action”, the goal of the 2019 <a href="https://www.un.org/es/climatechange/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madrid Climate Change Conference</a> is for the countries to present their commitments and finalize the rules needed to implement the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/international/negotiations/paris_es" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paris Agreement</a> in 2020. On an individual level, this conference is a good time to reflect on our own consumption habits and look at how to manage our personal finances in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[With the slogan “Time for Action”, the goal of the 2019 <a href="https://www.un.org/es/climatechange/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madrid Climate Change Conference</a> is for the countries to present their commitments and finalize the rules needed to implement the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/international/negotiations/paris_es" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paris Agreement</a> in 2020. On an individual level, this conference is a good time to reflect on our own consumption habits and look at how to manage our personal finances in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner.]]>
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                    <title>What is BBVA doing to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/what-is-bbva-doing-to-ensure-sustainable-consumption-and-production-patterns/</link>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 23:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Monica Coca (colaborador externo)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=658565</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/sustainable-consumption-production/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12</a> entails using resources and energy efficiently, building infrastructure that doesn’t damage the environment, improving access to basic services and creating green jobs with fair pay and good labor conditions. BBVA helps to attain this SDG with sustainable action and initiatives designed to develop the economy and improve the quality of life life for everyone.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/sustainable-consumption-production/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12</a> entails using resources and energy efficiently, building infrastructure that doesn’t damage the environment, improving access to basic services and creating green jobs with fair pay and good labor conditions. BBVA helps to attain this SDG with sustainable action and initiatives designed to develop the economy and improve the quality of life life for everyone.]]>
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                    <title>E-shopping Christmas is celebrated in November</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/e-shopping-christmas-is-celebrated-in-november/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Teresa Alameda]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Big Data]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Internet]]>
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                            <![CDATA[If December is the month with the highest sales for traditional shopping, for the last two years November has become the star of Internet shopping. The recent phenomenon of Black Friday brings forward by one month the arrival of Christmas to online shopping, according to a study by <a href="https://www.bbvadata.com/es/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Data &amp; Analytics</a> and <a href="https://www.bbvaresearch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Research</a>.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[If December is the month with the highest sales for traditional shopping, for the last two years November has become the star of Internet shopping. The recent phenomenon of Black Friday brings forward by one month the arrival of Christmas to online shopping, according to a study by <a href="https://www.bbvadata.com/es/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Data &amp; Analytics</a> and <a href="https://www.bbvaresearch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Research</a>.]]>
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                    <title>Tips for making the most of Black Friday</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tips-for-making-the-most-of-black-friday/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and economic wellness]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Personal finances]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=590956</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[For some of us, Thanksgiving Day with its turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole and pie is just carb-loading for the race that will be run the day after, and by race, we mean the one to be the first one in the doors to nab some blockbuster deals on Black Friday.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For some of us, Thanksgiving Day with its turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole and pie is just carb-loading for the race that will be run the day after, and by race, we mean the one to be the first one in the doors to nab some blockbuster deals on Black Friday.]]>
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                    <title>Blockchain technology added to the menu</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/blockchain-technology-added-to-the-menu/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 01:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Yolanda González Menéndez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Adults]]>
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                                <![CDATA[APPs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Children]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Computer systems]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Cuisine]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Customer satisfaction and protection]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Environment]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial markets and monetary economics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Gastronomy,restaurants and cuisine]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Human capital]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Labour, consumption and social welfare]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Labour, employment and enterprise]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Life style]]>
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                                <![CDATA[People]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Restaurants]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social problems]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social welfare]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transparency]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Youth]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=425445</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Fair-trade coffee, quality guarantee, ecological tomatoes… consumers read the labels on the things they eat. But is there any way of checking that what they say is correct? In order to do so, you would need a register of the processes to which the product has been submitted, something blockchain can do.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Fair-trade coffee, quality guarantee, ecological tomatoes… consumers read the labels on the things they eat. But is there any way of checking that what they say is correct? In order to do so, you would need a register of the processes to which the product has been submitted, something blockchain can do.]]>
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                    <title>“Alexa, how much can I save this month?" The future of the voice in banking</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/alexa-how-much-can-i-this-month-future-voice-banking/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 02:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Teresa Alameda]]>
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                                <![CDATA[APPs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Computer studies, sciences and development]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Customer experience]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital Economics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Hardware]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[IT (computer sciences)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=414225</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[The use of virtual assistants, mainly in the form of smart speakers, is rapidly gaining ground. In less than a year, devices such as Echo and Google Home have appeared in households across the globe and users are becoming increasingly comfortable carrying out searches, purchases and even bank transactions using this format, which looks set to become the transactional interface between customers and companies.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The use of virtual assistants, mainly in the form of smart speakers, is rapidly gaining ground. In less than a year, devices such as Echo and Google Home have appeared in households across the globe and users are becoming increasingly comfortable carrying out searches, purchases and even bank transactions using this format, which looks set to become the transactional interface between customers and companies.]]>
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                    <title>Apple joins the battle for the smart speaker market</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/apple-joins-battle-smart-speaker-market/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Development]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Hardware]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[IT (computer sciences)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Smart speakers are the vanguard of the so-called environmental technology, which transcends the limitations of screens. For the moment, Amazon reigns supreme over a market in which Apple is about to disembark.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Smart speakers are the vanguard of the so-called environmental technology, which transcends the limitations of screens. For the moment, Amazon reigns supreme over a market in which Apple is about to disembark.]]>
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                    <title>Are new gadgets threatening the reign of smartphones?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/are-new-gadgets-threatening-reign-smartphones/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=395111</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[E-everything: Smart cars, watches and speakers have all begun to earn a place in the everyday lives of millions of people. Could any of them become as important as smartphones?]]>
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                            <![CDATA[E-everything: Smart cars, watches and speakers have all begun to earn a place in the everyday lives of millions of people. Could any of them become as important as smartphones?]]>
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                    <title>Why people stop taking care of their mobile phones when a new model comes out</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/why-people-stop-taking-care-their-mobiles-phones-when-there-is-new-version-market/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Customer experience]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Personal finances]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It’s called the 'upgrade effect.' A new version of your mobile comes out and, without realizing it, you become careless with your own phone. Is your subconscious crying out for that spectacular new model that’s already available in the stores?]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It’s called the 'upgrade effect.' A new version of your mobile comes out and, without realizing it, you become careless with your own phone. Is your subconscious crying out for that spectacular new model that’s already available in the stores?]]>
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                    <title>Google, Amazon, LG and Toyota join the CES 2018 fest in Las Vegas</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/google-amazon-lg-and-toyota-join-ces-2018-fest-las-vegas/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Consumption]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Events]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[IT (computer sciences)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=392296</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Once a year, some 180,000 people meet at the most famous consumer electronics show in the world: the CES in Las Vegas. There, in spectacular fashion, they are shown the latest creations of the biggest brands, the extravagances of the smallest ones and the trends that will define the next wave of audio, image, home and automobile electronic devices.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Once a year, some 180,000 people meet at the most famous consumer electronics show in the world: the CES in Las Vegas. There, in spectacular fashion, they are shown the latest creations of the biggest brands, the extravagances of the smallest ones and the trends that will define the next wave of audio, image, home and automobile electronic devices.]]>
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