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                    <title>BBVA Outlines Its Roadmap for Mexico Through 2029, Focused on Growth and Transformation</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/bbva-outlines-its-roadmap-for-mexico-through-2029-focused-on-growth-and-transformation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Santiago Romero]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate communication]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy and Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Strategy and management]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA held an event for investors and analysts this Tuesday to provide further insight into the priorities of its 2025–2029 Strategic Plan. Following the presentation of its financial targets through 2028 in July, the bank is now offering more detail on the levers that will enable it to achieve them. In this session, BBVA focused on <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-companies-strategic-partner/">companies</a> as a key growth segment and on Mexico, one of its main markets. BBVA’s country manager in Mexico, Eduardo Osuna, noted that the bank expects to consolidate its leadership and accelerate growth in the country through 2029. He also anticipated that technological transformation and artificial intelligence will be decisive in delivering a better customer experience.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA held an event for investors and analysts this Tuesday to provide further insight into the priorities of its 2025–2029 Strategic Plan. Following the presentation of its financial targets through 2028 in July, the bank is now offering more detail on the levers that will enable it to achieve them. In this session, BBVA focused on <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-companies-strategic-partner/">companies</a> as a key growth segment and on Mexico, one of its main markets. BBVA’s country manager in Mexico, Eduardo Osuna, noted that the bank expects to consolidate its leadership and accelerate growth in the country through 2029. He also anticipated that technological transformation and artificial intelligence will be decisive in delivering a better customer experience.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA partners with Mastercard and Sabre Direct Pay to transform travel agency payments in Mexico</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-partners-with-mastercard-and-sabre-direct-pay-to-transform-travel-agency-payments-in-mexico/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate payments]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digitization for Companies]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digitization of processes]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA, in a further show of its commitment to offering innovative payment solutions, has launched a new virtual card product in Mexico alongside Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Sabre Direct Pay, Sabre Corporation’s (NASDAQ: SABR) virtual payment solution. This innovative offering in Mexico enables travel agencies to issue secure virtual card numbers (VCNs) for each payment. This improves control, integrates with backend reconciliation tools, and significantly reduces manual work and errors.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA, in a further show of its commitment to offering innovative payment solutions, has launched a new virtual card product in Mexico alongside Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Sabre Direct Pay, Sabre Corporation’s (NASDAQ: SABR) virtual payment solution. This innovative offering in Mexico enables travel agencies to issue secure virtual card numbers (VCNs) for each payment. This improves control, integrates with backend reconciliation tools, and significantly reduces manual work and errors.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA and SAP forge a strategic alliance to improve corporate and business banking services</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-and-sap-forge-a-strategic-alliance-to-improve-corporate-and-business-banking-services/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[david.corral]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Customer experience]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digitization for Companies]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digitization of processes]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and SAP Spain have forged a strategic alliance whereby the bank will integrate the SAP Multibank Connectivity solution to enhance its corporate banking service offering and attract new business clients. The solution will enable BBVA to transform and optimize how financial transactions are carried out for corporate and business banking clients, making the whole process more efficient and agile.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and SAP Spain have forged a strategic alliance whereby the bank will integrate the SAP Multibank Connectivity solution to enhance its corporate banking service offering and attract new business clients. The solution will enable BBVA to transform and optimize how financial transactions are carried out for corporate and business banking clients, making the whole process more efficient and agile.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA reaches 50 percent of its sustainable financing target one year ahead of schedule until 2025</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-reaches-50-percent-of-its-sustainable-financing-target-one-year-ahead-of-schedule-until-2025/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[XE91577]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA reached €50.2 billion in sustainable financing at the end of December 2020. This means it has achieved half of its sustainable financing objective foreseen for the 2018-2025 period (€100 billion), one year ahead of schedule. The growth rate in the financing of this type of BBVA sustainable operation is 33 percent more than planned.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA reached €50.2 billion in sustainable financing at the end of December 2020. This means it has achieved half of its sustainable financing objective foreseen for the 2018-2025 period (€100 billion), one year ahead of schedule. The growth rate in the financing of this type of BBVA sustainable operation is 33 percent more than planned.]]>
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                    <title>Regulating crypto-assets</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/opinion/regulating-crypto-assets/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 01:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Carmen Álvarez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial regulations]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Natalia Español and Lucía Pacheco, from BBVA's Digital Regulation team, analyze in this op-ed the regulation of crypto-assets. "Luckily, both global bodies and European authorities seem on the right track and looking for a solution that is comprehensive and coordinated", they say.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Natalia Español and Lucía Pacheco, from BBVA's Digital Regulation team, analyze in this op-ed the regulation of crypto-assets. "Luckily, both global bodies and European authorities seem on the right track and looking for a solution that is comprehensive and coordinated", they say.]]>
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                    <title>Greenwich Associates highlights BBVA USA for its “standout” COVID-19 response</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/greenwich-associates-highlights-bbva-usa-for-its-standout-covid-19-response/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Coronavirus]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Current news]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In what has been a steady flow of awards from Greenwich Associates, BBVA USA was recently recognized by the financial industry research firm for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In what has been a steady flow of awards from Greenwich Associates, BBVA USA was recently recognized by the financial industry research firm for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.]]>
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                    <title>What is check reconciliation?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/what-is-check-reconciliation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 18:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Balance sheet]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When BBVA Compass <a href="http://newsroom.bbvacompass.com/2018-07-17-BBVA-Compass-announces-launch-of-RealTime-ARP-and-RealTime-Positive-Pay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rolled out the BBVA Compass RealTime ARP&#x2122;</a> product, which recently <a href="http://newsroom.bbvacompass.com/2019-05-01-Industry-first-BBVA-Compass-RealTime-ARP-TM-wins-Innovator-in-Cash-Management-Award" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won an award recognizing its innovation</a>, the bank aimed at revolutionizing a process that is critical to the success of any commercial operation.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[When BBVA Compass <a href="http://newsroom.bbvacompass.com/2018-07-17-BBVA-Compass-announces-launch-of-RealTime-ARP-and-RealTime-Positive-Pay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rolled out the BBVA Compass RealTime ARP&#x2122;</a> product, which recently <a href="http://newsroom.bbvacompass.com/2019-05-01-Industry-first-BBVA-Compass-RealTime-ARP-TM-wins-Innovator-in-Cash-Management-Award" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won an award recognizing its innovation</a>, the bank aimed at revolutionizing a process that is critical to the success of any commercial operation.]]>
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                    <title>Peio Belausteguigoitia: "We created the digital factory for businesses to support their transformation"</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/peio-belausteguigoitia-we-created-the-digital-factory-for-businesses-to-support-their-transformation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[p.moreno.hernando]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Transformation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Peio Belausteguigoitia (Bilbao, 1973) is <a href="http://bbva.es?bbvacom=peio-factoria-digital" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Spain's</a> Head of Business Development. He was previously responsible for Spain's northern territory, and prior to that ran the eastern territory and was regional director for the northeast.

The unit that he runs is key to the bank's transformation in Spain. In the year and a half that he has held this position, BBVA has ramped up the number of digital deliveries for private customers - providing them tools to help make better financial decisions – and boosted sales and the number of online customers.

And now, BBVA has created the digital transformation factory for businesses.  With a multidisciplinary team of 250 professionals, it facilitates the delivery of digital solutions to customers in more flexible timeframes. The bank recently launched Avalbox, which radically digitizes the guarantor request process; and One View, which helps businesses make more efficient decisions and optimize their cashflow.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Peio Belausteguigoitia (Bilbao, 1973) is <a href="http://bbva.es?bbvacom=peio-factoria-digital" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Spain's</a> Head of Business Development. He was previously responsible for Spain's northern territory, and prior to that ran the eastern territory and was regional director for the northeast.

The unit that he runs is key to the bank's transformation in Spain. In the year and a half that he has held this position, BBVA has ramped up the number of digital deliveries for private customers - providing them tools to help make better financial decisions – and boosted sales and the number of online customers.

And now, BBVA has created the digital transformation factory for businesses.  With a multidisciplinary team of 250 professionals, it facilitates the delivery of digital solutions to customers in more flexible timeframes. The bank recently launched Avalbox, which radically digitizes the guarantor request process; and One View, which helps businesses make more efficient decisions and optimize their cashflow.]]>
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                    <title>“We need to eliminate barriers for SMEs' to widen their funding sources”</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/we-need-to-eliminate-barriers-for-smes-to-widen-their-funding-sources/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Carmen Álvarez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate information]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?p=587844</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[The barriers keeping <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/bbva-bei-acuerdan-una-linea-financiacion-600-millones-pymes-espanolas/">SMEs away from funding</a> were one of the pivotal topics of the SME Finance Forum, held this week in Madrid. <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/biografia/jose-manuel-gonzalez-paramo/">José Manuel González-Páramo</a> analyzed how to improve access to financing for many micro, small and medium sized enterprises, as well as the regulatory framework for both banking and alternative funding sources,  “We need to eliminate <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/trust-u-financiacion-pymes/">barriers for SMEs' to widen their funding sources</a>,” he underscored.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The barriers keeping <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/bbva-bei-acuerdan-una-linea-financiacion-600-millones-pymes-espanolas/">SMEs away from funding</a> were one of the pivotal topics of the SME Finance Forum, held this week in Madrid. <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/biografia/jose-manuel-gonzalez-paramo/">José Manuel González-Páramo</a> analyzed how to improve access to financing for many micro, small and medium sized enterprises, as well as the regulatory framework for both banking and alternative funding sources,  “We need to eliminate <a href="https://www.bbva.com/es/trust-u-financiacion-pymes/">barriers for SMEs' to widen their funding sources</a>,” he underscored.]]>
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                    <title>What is EBITDA?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/what-is-ebitda/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Celia Ruiz Alfonsea]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial economics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial regulations]]>
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                            <![CDATA[EBITDA, or Earnings Before Interests, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization, is an accounting measure that shows the gross income before financial expenses are deducted, and which allows financial analysts to assess the behavior and financial standing of companies.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[EBITDA, or Earnings Before Interests, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization, is an accounting measure that shows the gross income before financial expenses are deducted, and which allows financial analysts to assess the behavior and financial standing of companies.]]>
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