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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Report Shows Robust Growth in Card Payments in Türkiye</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/economy-and-finance/garanti-bbva-report-shows-robust-growth-in-card-payments-in-turkiye/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Credit card]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Debit card]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Debt]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Payment Systems (GÖSAŞ) recently released the report ‘2025 Card Payments in Türkiye.’ The study, which analyzes trends in card spending, bank and credit card ownership and e-commerce growth, revealed rising credit and debit card spending volumes, increased contactless use, and a growing preference for upfront transactions. The study was based on data from the Interbank Card Center (BKM).]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Payment Systems (GÖSAŞ) recently released the report ‘2025 Card Payments in Türkiye.’ The study, which analyzes trends in card spending, bank and credit card ownership and e-commerce growth, revealed rising credit and debit card spending volumes, increased contactless use, and a growing preference for upfront transactions. The study was based on data from the Interbank Card Center (BKM).]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA’s innovative new feature maximizes benefits for card payments</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/economy-and-finance/garanti-bbvas-innovative-new-feature-maximizes-benefits-for-card-payments/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has launched a new feature that helps users select the card that provides the most benefits for each transaction. Known as SMART (smart, mobile, advanced, relaxed, technology), the feature is a first in Turkey and is the latest example of Garanti BBVA’s focus on personalizing payment experiences for its customers.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA has launched a new feature that helps users select the card that provides the most benefits for each transaction. Known as SMART (smart, mobile, advanced, relaxed, technology), the feature is a first in Turkey and is the latest example of Garanti BBVA’s focus on personalizing payment experiences for its customers.]]>
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                    <title>Türkiye’s Bonus card boasts 18 million users</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/turkiyes-bonus-card-boasts-18-million-users/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy and Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Bonus, Garanti BBVA’s most popular credit card, is now celebrating its 24th anniversary. Bonus also happens to be a credit card platform, having amassed some 18 million users and eight partner banks.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Bonus, Garanti BBVA’s most popular credit card, is now celebrating its 24th anniversary. Bonus also happens to be a credit card platform, having amassed some 18 million users and eight partner banks.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA adds Mastercard cards to its corporate expense management solution</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-adds-mastercard-cards-to-its-corporate-expense-management-solution/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Vanessa Pombo Nartallo]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is giving a boost to its Pivot Commercial Cards platform by adding support for  Mastercard cards expense management. This platform allows greater control over the use of corporate cards by simplifying the review and authorisation processes for expenses. It already manages daily purchases for more than 85,000 employees of client companies using BBVA's corporate cards across eight countries.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA is giving a boost to its Pivot Commercial Cards platform by adding support for  Mastercard cards expense management. This platform allows greater control over the use of corporate cards by simplifying the review and authorisation processes for expenses. It already manages daily purchases for more than 85,000 employees of client companies using BBVA's corporate cards across eight countries.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA revolutionizes payment in installments in Spain with the Aqua Más card, which offers three months interest-free financing</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/es/bbva-revolutionizes-payment-in-installments-in-spain-with-the-aqua-mas-card-which-offers-three-months-interest-free-financing/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Santiago Romero]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has launched a new card in Spain as part of its Aqua range - characterized by offering a dynamic CVV for each purchase and no printed number - that combines maximum security with the possibility of paying in installments for up to three months, with no interest or deferral fees. As a result, BBVA is breaking into the new ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) payment method with a product that helps its customers to make their payments in a convenient and flexible way.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has launched a new card in Spain as part of its Aqua range - characterized by offering a dynamic CVV for each purchase and no printed number - that combines maximum security with the possibility of paying in installments for up to three months, with no interest or deferral fees. As a result, BBVA is breaking into the new ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) payment method with a product that helps its customers to make their payments in a convenient and flexible way.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA expands Aqua card model to Latin America</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-expands-aqua-card-model-to-latin-america/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Maribel Muñoz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Global markets]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mobile payments]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In less than a year, BBVA has issued one million <a href="https://www.bbva.es/en/personas/productos/tarjetas.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aqua cards</a> in Spain. This groundbreaking system, which eliminates data from the plastic and uses dynamic CVV, is expanding rapidly in Latin American subsidiaries. Mexico, Peru and Colombia already have the first features.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In less than a year, BBVA has issued one million <a href="https://www.bbva.es/en/personas/productos/tarjetas.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aqua cards</a> in Spain. This groundbreaking system, which eliminates data from the plastic and uses dynamic CVV, is expanding rapidly in Latin American subsidiaries. Mexico, Peru and Colombia already have the first features.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA launches Travel Packs in Spain and allows customers to save on their travels abroad</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/es/bbva-launches-travel-packs-in-spain-and-allows-customers-to-save-on-their-travels-abroad/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 05:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Santiago Romero]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has launched <a href="https://www.bbva.es/personas/productos/tarjetas/pack-viajes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Travel Packs</a>; a new fully digital service that allows customers to save on fees and commissions during their travels abroad. Customers will be able to select the plan that best suits them, choosing from basic, standard and premium, and enjoy the advantages that each one provides; all without having to take out a new card. This new service is available for more than seven million debit and credit cards issued by the entity to individuals.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has launched <a href="https://www.bbva.es/personas/productos/tarjetas/pack-viajes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Travel Packs</a>; a new fully digital service that allows customers to save on fees and commissions during their travels abroad. Customers will be able to select the plan that best suits them, choosing from basic, standard and premium, and enjoy the advantages that each one provides; all without having to take out a new card. This new service is available for more than seven million debit and credit cards issued by the entity to individuals.]]>
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                    <title>All BBVA cards will be made of recycled materials by 2023</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/all-bbva-cards-will-be-made-of-recycled-materials-by-2023/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Óscar García]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Circular Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA will be offering recycled cards in all countries where it operates prior to the end of 2021. By 2023, the bank will no longer issue other types of cards, in line with its commitment to the responsible consumption of recycled materials, and recycling. In 2021, the financial institution will provide up to 7.3 million of these cards to its customers as part of a progressive process by segments and countries.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA will be offering recycled cards in all countries where it operates prior to the end of 2021. By 2023, the bank will no longer issue other types of cards, in line with its commitment to the responsible consumption of recycled materials, and recycling. In 2021, the financial institution will provide up to 7.3 million of these cards to its customers as part of a progressive process by segments and countries.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA, first bank to issue recycled plastic cards in Argentina</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/ar/sustainability/bbva-first-bank-to-issue-recycled-plastic-cards-in-argentina/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 08:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[rodolfo.marin]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=808556</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[As part of its commitment to sustainability, BBVA has become the first institution in Argentina to launch recycled plastic cards, 85.5 percent made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), produced from recycled plastic.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[As part of its commitment to sustainability, BBVA has become the first institution in Argentina to launch recycled plastic cards, 85.5 percent made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), produced from recycled plastic.]]>
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                    <title>What types of bank cards exist and how they're different</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/what-types-of-bank-cards-exist-and-how-theyre-different/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Monica Coca (colaborador externo)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank cards]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=806616</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[Bank cards form part of the daily lives of hundreds of millions of people. The keys to  their success are their comfort and simplicity for carrying out all kinds of operations:  cash withdrawals, purchases, payments ...When it comes time to choose one, it is important to know what types of bank cards there are and their characteristics.]]>
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