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                    <title>BBVA USA 5-Year Strategic Plan – Pillar No. 5: The best and engaged team</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-usa-5-year-strategic-plan-pillar-no-5-the-best-and-engaged-team/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Growth]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Work relationships]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It’s a constant refrain among leaders at <a href="http://www.bbvausa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA USA</a> that theirs is an organization of people helping people, and that means addressing both sides of the people equation - customers and employees. Not surprising, then, that the bank’s <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/here-we-grow-bbva-usas-new-5-year-strategic-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">five-year strategic plan</a> contains pillars that focus on both.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It’s a constant refrain among leaders at <a href="http://www.bbvausa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA USA</a> that theirs is an organization of people helping people, and that means addressing both sides of the people equation - customers and employees. Not surprising, then, that the bank’s <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/here-we-grow-bbva-usas-new-5-year-strategic-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">five-year strategic plan</a> contains pillars that focus on both.]]>
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                    <title>Bustillo: "We’re always looking at ways to create a better customer experience"</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/bustillo-were-always-looking-at-ways-to-create-a-better-customer-experience/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Customer experience]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=719152</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Head of Commercial and Wealth <a href="http://newsroom.bbvausa.com/Rafael-Bustillo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rafael Bustillo</a> has been a leading force in the evolution of banking in his 30-plus years at BBVA. But, it’s the future that he’s most excited about. In the following interview, Bustillo gave his thoughts about the challenges and opportunities facing the bank’s Commercial &amp; Wealth team in the coming year.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Head of Commercial and Wealth <a href="http://newsroom.bbvausa.com/Rafael-Bustillo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rafael Bustillo</a> has been a leading force in the evolution of banking in his 30-plus years at BBVA. But, it’s the future that he’s most excited about. In the following interview, Bustillo gave his thoughts about the challenges and opportunities facing the bank’s Commercial &amp; Wealth team in the coming year.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Research: Latin America’s economic growth to speed up in 2018 and 2019</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-research-latin-americas-economic-growth-to-speed-up-in-2018-and-2019/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Central banks]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic analysis]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Risk premium]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Economic activity in Latin America has been invigorated in recent months, in line with the recovery of confidence among families and businesses and a more favorable external context. In its <a href="https://www.bbvaresearch.com/en/publicaciones/presentacion-situacion-latinoamerica-primer-trimestre-2018-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Latin America Economic Outlook for first quarter 2018</a>, <a href="https://www.bbvaresearch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Research</a> forecasts that the region’s growth will increase from 1.1% in 2017 to 1.7% in 2018 and 2.5% in 2019.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Economic activity in Latin America has been invigorated in recent months, in line with the recovery of confidence among families and businesses and a more favorable external context. In its <a href="https://www.bbvaresearch.com/en/publicaciones/presentacion-situacion-latinoamerica-primer-trimestre-2018-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Latin America Economic Outlook for first quarter 2018</a>, <a href="https://www.bbvaresearch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Research</a> forecasts that the region’s growth will increase from 1.1% in 2017 to 1.7% in 2018 and 2.5% in 2019.]]>
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                    <title>Scientists say the next AI stage is near. Economists disagree. Here's why.</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/scientists-say-next-ai-stage-economists-disagree-heres/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[kimberly.tabor]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Analysis and opinion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic analysis]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic sectors]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Labour, consumption and social welfare]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Macroeconomics analysis]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Training]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Unemployment]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/en/?p=339123</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[If you ask scientists in the field of artificial intelligence w<strong>hen they expect fiction to become reality and robots’ intelligence to exceed that of humans</strong>, they would likely say it’s right around the corner, sometime between 2030 and 2050.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[If you ask scientists in the field of artificial intelligence w<strong>hen they expect fiction to become reality and robots’ intelligence to exceed that of humans</strong>, they would likely say it’s right around the corner, sometime between 2030 and 2050.]]>
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                    <title>Spain comes to the Fourth Industrial Revolution better prepared</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/spain-comes-fourth-industrial-revolution-better-prepared/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital Economics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic analysis]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Gross domestic product]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Macroeconomics analysis]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                                <![CDATA[SMEs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/en/?p=338163</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Research places Spain at 30th in the digitization ranking of 100 countries, an intermediate position behind nations such as Germany or France, but ahead of other southern European countries like Italy or Portugal. However, Spain “is much better prepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution than it was for the previous ones,” says Rafael Doménech, head of Macroeconomic Analysis at BBVA Research.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Research places Spain at 30th in the digitization ranking of 100 countries, an intermediate position behind nations such as Germany or France, but ahead of other southern European countries like Italy or Portugal. However, Spain “is much better prepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution than it was for the previous ones,” says Rafael Doménech, head of Macroeconomic Analysis at BBVA Research.]]>
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                    <title>Agile working creates opportunities for BBVA Compass in U.S. market</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/agile-working-creates-opportunities-bbva-compass-u-s-market/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Tristan Grimble]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate information]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate policy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Human capital]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Organizational changes]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass further adopts a new internal workstyle aimed at providing the bank with the organizational structure and necessary competitive capabilities to collectively focus and quickly respond to the digital transformation within the U.S. banking arena.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass further adopts a new internal workstyle aimed at providing the bank with the organizational structure and necessary competitive capabilities to collectively focus and quickly respond to the digital transformation within the U.S. banking arena.]]>
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                    <title>Financial services in the era of ‘cloud computing’</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/financial-services-era-cloud-computing/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 02:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital Economics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Profitability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/en/?p=329243</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Regulators, service providers, consulting firms and banks leading the transformation process participated in a workshop organized by the European Digital Forum to analyze how to increase the competitiveness of the European economy and drive innovation through ‘cloud computing.’]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Regulators, service providers, consulting firms and banks leading the transformation process participated in a workshop organized by the European Digital Forum to analyze how to increase the competitiveness of the European economy and drive innovation through ‘cloud computing.’]]>
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                    <title>The challenge of lowering productivity barriers</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/challenge-lowering-productivity-barriers/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[francisco.mendez.lozano]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial regulations]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial scenarios]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social problems]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social welfare]]>
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                            <![CDATA[After a years of steep deterioration, Uruguay has managed to partially recover some of the ground lost after a historic fall in productivity.  Despite this, a person working in Uruguay today reaches an average productivity slightly above 40% of the level they would achieve working in an advanced economy.  How is this possible?  What can be done?  This paper sets out a potential explanation and suggests a line of action for further progress.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[After a years of steep deterioration, Uruguay has managed to partially recover some of the ground lost after a historic fall in productivity.  Despite this, a person working in Uruguay today reaches an average productivity slightly above 40% of the level they would achieve working in an advanced economy.  How is this possible?  What can be done?  This paper sets out a potential explanation and suggests a line of action for further progress.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Bancomer’s digital factory, disruption in the way of working</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-bancomers-digital-factory-disruption-way-working/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristina.ferreiro]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate communication]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Training plans]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The development of digital solutions for credit products, investments, opening accounts, ATMs, mobile apps, are just part of the daily routine for BBVA Bancomer’s dedicated and idiosyncratic teams.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The development of digital solutions for credit products, investments, opening accounts, ATMs, mobile apps, are just part of the daily routine for BBVA Bancomer’s dedicated and idiosyncratic teams.]]>
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                    <title>How is Chile doing in terms of productivity?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/chile-terms-productivity/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 01:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristina.ferreiro]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic analysis]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic sectors]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Gross domestic product]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Macroeconomics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Productivity]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/en/?p=304065</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Productivity means doing things better, doing more with the same resources, combining them more efficiently to produce better results. And greater productivity – as well as more investment and jobs - is exactly what we need in Chile to return to the growth rates that improved millions of people’s quality of life over the past 25 years.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Productivity means doing things better, doing more with the same resources, combining them more efficiently to produce better results. And greater productivity – as well as more investment and jobs - is exactly what we need in Chile to return to the growth rates that improved millions of people’s quality of life over the past 25 years.]]>
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