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                    <title>BBVA Spark Heads to 4YFN (MWC) with €1 Billion Euros in Committed Financing and More than 30 Startup Deals Signed in 2025</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-spark-heads-to-4yfn-mwc-with-e1-billion-euros-in-committed-financing-and-more-than-30-startup-deals-signed-in-2025/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digitization for Companies]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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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[BBVA Spark will take part for the fourth consecutive year in <a href="https://www.4yfn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4YFN</a>, the leading event for startups, investors and corporates held within the framework of the <a href="https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mobile World Congress</a> (MWC) in Barcelona. The event comes at a key moment for the unit. Since its launch, BBVA Spark has committed close to €1 billion in financing and, in the past year alone, signed more than 30 deals with innovative, high-growth companies across Europe and Latin America.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Spark will take part for the fourth consecutive year in <a href="https://www.4yfn.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4YFN</a>, the leading event for startups, investors and corporates held within the framework of the <a href="https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mobile World Congress</a> (MWC) in Barcelona. The event comes at a key moment for the unit. Since its launch, BBVA Spark has committed close to €1 billion in financing and, in the past year alone, signed more than 30 deals with innovative, high-growth companies across Europe and Latin America.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA Crypto receives ‘Pioneer of Digital Finance’ award</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/innovation/garanti-bbva-crypto-receives-pioneer-of-digital-finance-award/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[APPs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Digital Asset’s crypto app, ‘Garanti BBVA Crypto’ was recently presented the award for ‘Pioneers of Digital Finance’ by KPMG Turkey and the Financial Innovation and Technology Association (FINTR).]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Garanti BBVA Digital Asset’s crypto app, ‘Garanti BBVA Crypto’ was recently presented the award for ‘Pioneers of Digital Finance’ by KPMG Turkey and the Financial Innovation and Technology Association (FINTR).]]>
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                    <title>BBVA plans to hire 2,700 technology professionals in 2024</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-plans-to-hire-2700-technology-professionals-in-2024/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Maribel Muñoz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In the past two years, BBVA added 7,187 professionals in the data and technology field to its workforce - a figure it plans to increase in 2024 with 2,700 new hires. Of this amount, 1,225 will take place in Spain for the bank’s headquarters in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona. Technology talent has become a key aspect of the Group’s digital strategy.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In the past two years, BBVA added 7,187 professionals in the data and technology field to its workforce - a figure it plans to increase in 2024 with 2,700 new hires. Of this amount, 1,225 will take place in Spain for the bank’s headquarters in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona. Technology talent has become a key aspect of the Group’s digital strategy.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA and Cabify close €15 million financing deal to boost sustainable mobility</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-and-cabify-close-e15-million-financing-deal-to-develop-sustainable-mobility/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[maria.ciriza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Current news]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbvaspark.com/">BBVA Spark</a>, the bank for high-growth companies, has arranged a €15 million 'Venture Debt' facility for Cabify, the Spanish mobility company, which was launched 12 years ago in Madrid and became Spain's first unicorn in 2018. The proceeds will go toward fast-tracking the execution of Cabify's strategic plan, which focuses on boosting sustainable and affordable urban mobility.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbvaspark.com/">BBVA Spark</a>, the bank for high-growth companies, has arranged a €15 million 'Venture Debt' facility for Cabify, the Spanish mobility company, which was launched 12 years ago in Madrid and became Spain's first unicorn in 2018. The proceeds will go toward fast-tracking the execution of Cabify's strategic plan, which focuses on boosting sustainable and affordable urban mobility.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Spark backs Twinco Capital with new €50 million debt</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-spark-backs-twinco-capital-with-new-e50-million-debt/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[maria.ciriza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Current news]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Project finance]]>
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                            <![CDATA[There is a staggering $2.5 trillion global trade finance gap that mainly affects SMEs in emerging countries, limiting their ability to access new business opportunities. Helping businesses to bridge this finance gap, supply chain fintech <a href="https://www.twincocapital.com/">Twinco Capital</a> is today announcing it has secured an additional €50 million facility with <a href="https://www.bbvaspark.com/">BBVA Spark</a> to accelerate growth.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[There is a staggering $2.5 trillion global trade finance gap that mainly affects SMEs in emerging countries, limiting their ability to access new business opportunities. Helping businesses to bridge this finance gap, supply chain fintech <a href="https://www.twincocapital.com/">Twinco Capital</a> is today announcing it has secured an additional €50 million facility with <a href="https://www.bbvaspark.com/">BBVA Spark</a> to accelerate growth.]]>
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                    <title>Latin America's Roadmap to Innovation: the most enterprising cities</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/latin-americas-roadmap-to-innovation-the-most-enterprising-cities/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Several innovation hubs across Latin America paint a picture of a bubbling but unevenly distributed entrepreneurial landscape: Brazil's biggest city accumulates a growing number of <a href="https://openinnovation.bbva.com/en/news/entrepreneurial-fauna-anatomy-of-unicorns-and-other-successful-start-up-species/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">unicorns</a>, while Lima is trying to carve out a niche for itself. With sectors such as <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/what-fintech-is-and-how-startups-want-to-innovate-in-financial-services/">fintech</a> and e-commerce leading innovation and growing support from investors, Latin America is putting on a strong show on the international stage.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Several innovation hubs across Latin America paint a picture of a bubbling but unevenly distributed entrepreneurial landscape: Brazil's biggest city accumulates a growing number of <a href="https://openinnovation.bbva.com/en/news/entrepreneurial-fauna-anatomy-of-unicorns-and-other-successful-start-up-species/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">unicorns</a>, while Lima is trying to carve out a niche for itself. With sectors such as <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/what-fintech-is-and-how-startups-want-to-innovate-in-financial-services/">fintech</a> and e-commerce leading innovation and growing support from investors, Latin America is putting on a strong show on the international stage.]]>
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                    <title>Research, industry and talent join forces to advance quantum computing</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/research-industry-and-talent-join-forces-to-advance-quantum-computing/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Computer studies, sciences and development]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[From finance to pharmaceuticals, an increasing number of companies from different industries are embracing the opportunities that quantum computing opens. Participants at a recent BBVA Open Talks explored the collaboration needed between researchers, companies and new professionals to take a leap into the next technological era and fully leverage its advantages.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[From finance to pharmaceuticals, an increasing number of companies from different industries are embracing the opportunities that quantum computing opens. Participants at a recent BBVA Open Talks explored the collaboration needed between researchers, companies and new professionals to take a leap into the next technological era and fully leverage its advantages.]]>
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                    <title>Atom Bank closes £75 million financing round led by BBVA, Toscafund and Infinity</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/atom-bank-closes-75-million-financing-round-led-by-bbva-toscafund-and-infinity/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Vanessa Pombo Nartallo]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Innovation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Atom, the UK's first app-based bank, has raised more than £75m in new equity (around €90m)¹. Together with Toscafund and Infinity Investment Partners, BBVA has led this round, which is still open to other shareholders of the company. BBVA has once again shown its support for the Atom project and team, of which it has been a <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/atom-bank-raises-50m-in-latest-fundraising-round/">shareholder since 2015</a> and which it has supported in all its share capital increases. BBVA is currently the main shareholder, with a 39% holding.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Atom, the UK's first app-based bank, has raised more than £75m in new equity (around €90m)¹. Together with Toscafund and Infinity Investment Partners, BBVA has led this round, which is still open to other shareholders of the company. BBVA has once again shown its support for the Atom project and team, of which it has been a <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/atom-bank-raises-50m-in-latest-fundraising-round/">shareholder since 2015</a> and which it has supported in all its share capital increases. BBVA is currently the main shareholder, with a 39% holding.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA to invest $300 million in Brazilian digital bank Neon</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-to-invest-300-million-in-brazilian-digital-bank-neon/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[miriam.gidron]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has reached an agreement to invest $300 million (about €263 million¹) in Neon, a Brazilian digital bank founded in 2016 that aims to improve access to financial services for individuals, self-employed and small businesses in its country. Neon has 15 million registered accounts. The investment takes place in a context of unprecedented technological disruption, with solid growth of digital and innovative models, particularly in financial services. In addition to a clear commitment to innovation, this investment allows BBVA to gain exposure to retail banking in Brazil, a market with one of the highest potential in the world.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has reached an agreement to invest $300 million (about €263 million¹) in Neon, a Brazilian digital bank founded in 2016 that aims to improve access to financial services for individuals, self-employed and small businesses in its country. Neon has 15 million registered accounts. The investment takes place in a context of unprecedented technological disruption, with solid growth of digital and innovative models, particularly in financial services. In addition to a clear commitment to innovation, this investment allows BBVA to gain exposure to retail banking in Brazil, a market with one of the highest potential in the world.]]>
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                    <title>Metaverses, open banking, agrotech: take a look at the tech trends for 2022</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/metaverses-open-banking-agrotech-take-a-look-at-the-tech-trends-for-2022/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Arts and culture]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Technology will continue to redouble the capacity of digital businesses in 2022 and will bring opportunities to the world to liberalise data, mitigate climate change, look after people's health, advance education and even create parallel universes.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Technology will continue to redouble the capacity of digital businesses in 2022 and will bring opportunities to the world to liberalise data, mitigate climate change, look after people's health, advance education and even create parallel universes.]]>
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