Digital banking | BBVA

BBVA surpasses one million customers in Italy on its fifth anniversary

María Prados — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:06:03 +0000

BBVA has surpassed one million customers in Italy as it marks five years since entering the country's retail banking market. This milestone confirms the strong reception of its 100% digital banking model, where the key goal is to become the primary bank for Italian customers, as BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila highlighted during his visit to celebrate the anniversary. BBVA is reaffirming its long-term commitment to the Italian market, where it also has a significant Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) business, supporting Italian companies in their growth and international expansion plans.

In the photo: Walter Rizzi, Head of Digital Banking at BBVA Italy; Carlos Torres, Chair of BBVA; Alberto Maroni, Head of BBVA CIB Italy; and Murat Kalkan, Global Head of Digital Banks at BBVA, yesterday during the BBVA Chair’s visit to Italy.

BBVA and eDreams sign strategic agreement to connect digital banking and travel in Italy and Germany

María Prados — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:07:57 +0000

BBVA Digital Banks and eDreams ODIGEO are launching a strategic partnership to promote integrated digital experiences across travel and financial services. The collaboration, which begins in Italy and Germany, aims to bring together the capabilities and expertise of both companies to develop new digital propositions. As a first step, an exclusive campaign will launch in Germany in September for new customers of BBVA Germany who are eligible to participate and enjoy one year of Opodo Prime Plus free of charge, an online travel subscription programme offering exclusive benefits and discounts on flights, hotels, trains and car rentals.

BBVA launches its partnership with Inter and unveils new offers in Italy

Joan Llop — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:44:37 +0000

FC Internazionale Milano and BBVA have officially presented their partnership at a media event held at the club’s headquarters in Milan. The event also coincides with the launch of new BBVA offers in Italy, where the bank is now approaching one million customers.

Jürgen von der Lehr (BBVA Germany): "We want to become primary bank for customers in Germany”

María Prados — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:06:46 +0000

Jürgen von der Lehr, the new Head of Digital Banks at BBVA in Germany, takes stock of the bank’s first year in the country and highlights that BBVA has succeeded not only in attracting customers, but also in retaining them, with 60% of customers active on a monthly basis. The new executive, appointed last May, explains that the ambition is to build a universal digital bank, progressively expanding its range of products and services to become its customers’ primary bank. “Our goal is not growth for growth's sake. We want to progressively become the bank of choice for customers looking for banking that is simple, transparent and ready for the future,” Von der Lehr says in this interview.

BBVA launches a credit card in Germany and expands its financial products offering

maria.ciriza — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:11:32 +0000

BBVA Germany is launching its first credit card for customers in Germany in partnership with Mastercard. This new card is free for active users and offers an initial six-month fee-free trial period for new cardholders to experience its benefits without a fee, while delivering state-of-the-art security features and no foreign exchange fees (FX) worldwide. The launch highlights what sets BBVA apart from other digital banks: leveraging the scale and expertise of the BBVA Group, one of the largest banking groups in the world.

BBVA Appoints Jürgen von der Lehr as Head of Its Digital Bank in Germany

María Prados — Wed, 06 May 2026 04:49:13 +0000

BBVA is strengthening its commitment to growth in Germany with the appointment of Jürgen von der Lehr as Head of its Digital Bank in the country, a key role in adapting the bank’s value proposition in one of Europe’s largest and most competitive financial markets.

Garanti BBVA Launches Fund Bot to Simplify Investment Decisions

Patricia Casas — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:22:24 +0000

The new digital tool offers personalized model portfolios based on each investor’s risk profile and time horizon, making the investment process faster, clearer, and more straightforward.

BBVA with Six-figure Customer Base in Germany with 23% of Customers Holding Over 100,000 €

Sofia Martínez Corrons — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:22:49 +0000

Germany is rapidly becoming one of the bank’s most important strategic growth markets in Europe. Since the launch of its digital retail bank in June 2025, BBVA has surpassed a six-figure customer base. Notably 90% of these customers have “activated, funded their accounts, and are actively using them,” Murat Kalkan, BBVA’s Global Head of Digital Banks, said today at FIBE in Berlin. That strong early confidence is further underscored by the fact that 23% (as of early 2026) of BBVA’s customers in Germany hold more than €100,000 with the bank. Kalkan emphasized that BBVA’s ambition is to become a genuine primary banking alternative for German customers.

BBVA Breaks Into the Top3 of Forbes’ Ranking of Italy’s Best Banks

maria.ciriza — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:04:32 +0000

BBVA has secured 3rd place among the best banks in Italy in the 2026 edition of the 'World’s Best Banks' list published by Forbes. This result marks an improvement over last year, when the bank ranked at the fifth place, and further strengthens its position among the leading financial institutions in the country.

BBVA’s App Is Now Available on ChatGPT in Germany and Italy

Sofia Martínez Corrons — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:23:19 +0000

BBVA is making its conversational application available to ChatGPT users, allowing them to directly access information about the bank’s products and services in Italy and Germany right from the assistant. BBVA is one of the first financial companies to offer its own app within ChatGPT, one of the most widely used conversational assistants in the world.