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                    <title>BBVA’s sustainable solutions for a green future</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbvas-sustainable-solutions-for-a-green-future/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 01:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Óscar García]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Business]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Value Chain]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Green is more than a color. In our collective imagination it symbolizes nature and is associated with caring for the environment. We need a green future so the world will continue to be the place we know today and not the foreboding future as depicted by gloomy predictions. BBVA is aware of this and for years has been committed to green and social financing. In fact, it is one of the banks most recognized for its activity in sustainable financing.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Green is more than a color. In our collective imagination it symbolizes nature and is associated with caring for the environment. We need a green future so the world will continue to be the place we know today and not the foreboding future as depicted by gloomy predictions. BBVA is aware of this and for years has been committed to green and social financing. In fact, it is one of the banks most recognized for its activity in sustainable financing.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA USA recommits: Bank pledges more than $15 billion to community development program</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-usa-recommits-bank-pledges-more-than-15-billion-to-community-development-program/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.bbvausa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA USA</a> pledged today to put nearly $15.5 billion in lending, investments and services toward supporting low- and moderate-income individuals and neighborhoods in the U.S. over the next six years, renewing its 2014 5-year $11 billion commitment to boost economic development across all the communities in its footprint.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.bbvausa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA USA</a> pledged today to put nearly $15.5 billion in lending, investments and services toward supporting low- and moderate-income individuals and neighborhoods in the U.S. over the next six years, renewing its 2014 5-year $11 billion commitment to boost economic development across all the communities in its footprint.]]>
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                    <title>Artificial Intelligence: the challenge of turning data into tangible value</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/artificial-intelligence-the-challenge-of-turning-data-into-tangible-value/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 01:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Teresa Alameda]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Big Data]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Representatives of three leading organizations - Google, Telefónica and BBVA - spoke during the Open Summit event about the different applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the business world and how to extract tangible value from data for people and for society as a whole, at a scale and in a structured way.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Representatives of three leading organizations - Google, Telefónica and BBVA - spoke during the Open Summit event about the different applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the business world and how to extract tangible value from data for people and for society as a whole, at a scale and in a structured way.]]>
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                    <title>Blockchain powered AgUnity named winner of BBVA Open Talent Sustainability 2019</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/blockchain-powered-agunity-named-winner-of-bbva-open-talent-sustainability-2019/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Chris Semple]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Blockchain]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate change]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Customer experience]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Digital Economics]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Environment]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fintech]]>
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                                <![CDATA[High social impact products]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has named the winner of its newly created Open Talent Award for Sustainability as Australian last mile start-up AgUnity.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has named the winner of its newly created Open Talent Award for Sustainability as Australian last mile start-up AgUnity.]]>
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                    <title>Even on the walls of the desert you can read: "Unity makes strength"</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/even-on-the-walls-of-the-desert-you-can-read-unity-makes-strength/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Personal finances]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Calama is a Chilean city known as the gateway to the Atacama desert. A barren place that smells of dust, salt and heat. However, it was the destination chosen by Gladys Chacana to rebuild her inner strength. At 73, this woman has something she would never even dared to dream of: a support network that makes life in this place a bit less arid.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Calama is a Chilean city known as the gateway to the Atacama desert. A barren place that smells of dust, salt and heat. However, it was the destination chosen by Gladys Chacana to rebuild her inner strength. At 73, this woman has something she would never even dared to dream of: a support network that makes life in this place a bit less arid.]]>
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                    <title>What does BBVA do to promote industry development, innovation and infrastructure upgrades?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/what-does-bbva-do-to-promote-industry-development-innovation-and-infrastructure-upgrades/</link>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2019 23:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[miriamd.garzon]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Sustainability Projects]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climate]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[SDG]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Climate change is forcing countries and the private sector to gaze into the future from a different point of view, one in which technology opens new paths to contribute to the development of societies. This is the scenario based on which the <a href="https://www.undp.org/content/undp/es/home/sustainable-development-goals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UN</a> has defined its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 9:  Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. BBVA has committed to - and is already - contributing to the achievement of this goal.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Climate change is forcing countries and the private sector to gaze into the future from a different point of view, one in which technology opens new paths to contribute to the development of societies. This is the scenario based on which the <a href="https://www.undp.org/content/undp/es/home/sustainable-development-goals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UN</a> has defined its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 9:  Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. BBVA has committed to - and is already - contributing to the achievement of this goal.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti Bank presents its annual report at the IIRC’s 2019 Global Conference</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/garanti-bank-presents-its-annual-report-at-the-iircs-2019-global-conference/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 00:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Development]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                            <![CDATA[At the <a href="https://integratedreporting.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Integrated Reporting Council</a> (IIRC) 2019 Global Conference, <a href="https://www.garanti.com.tr/tr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Garanti BBVA</a> presented their 2018 annual consolidated report, which emphasized how important empathy is to the bank’s corporate culture and how this influences their approach to customers,clients and employees. Sinem Ozonur, BBVA Head of Consolidated Reporting at Garanti BBVA, was the first representative from a Turkish company to take the stage and address some of the more note-worthy topics.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[At the <a href="https://integratedreporting.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">International Integrated Reporting Council</a> (IIRC) 2019 Global Conference, <a href="https://www.garanti.com.tr/tr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Garanti BBVA</a> presented their 2018 annual consolidated report, which emphasized how important empathy is to the bank’s corporate culture and how this influences their approach to customers,clients and employees. Sinem Ozonur, BBVA Head of Consolidated Reporting at Garanti BBVA, was the first representative from a Turkish company to take the stage and address some of the more note-worthy topics.]]>
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                    <title>What does BBVA do to end poverty?</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/what-does-bbva-do-to-end-poverty/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[jesus.delasheras]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA Sustainability Projects]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Fixed income]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[SDG]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social Area]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Development Goals]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has a core purpose of bringing the age of opportunity to everyone. The first step toward fulfilling this purpose has to do with the bank’s contribution to attaining the first of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the end of poverty. The 17 SDGs are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The UN has called on companies to unite their efforts and initiatives in this area, <a href="http://www.sdgfund.org/business-and-un" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">with a focus on public-private partnerships</a>.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has a core purpose of bringing the age of opportunity to everyone. The first step toward fulfilling this purpose has to do with the bank’s contribution to attaining the first of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): the end of poverty. The 17 SDGs are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The UN has called on companies to unite their efforts and initiatives in this area, <a href="http://www.sdgfund.org/business-and-un" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">with a focus on public-private partnerships</a>.]]>
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                    <title>‘Code the Future with Garanti’ returns in 2019,  kicking off in Istanbul</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/code-the-future-with-garanti-returns-in-2019-kicking-off-in-istanbul/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 01:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2016 <a href="https://www.garanti.com.tr/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Garanti Bank</a> teamed up with <a href="https://bau.edu.tr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bahçeşehir University</a> to launch ‘Code the Future with Garanti’, an educational program designed to make a positive impact on local communities by preparing children for the digital age. Entering its fourth year, the program will hold a series of workshops in seven cities across Turkey. Its first stop: Istanbul.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2016 <a href="https://www.garanti.com.tr/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Garanti Bank</a> teamed up with <a href="https://bau.edu.tr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bahçeşehir University</a> to launch ‘Code the Future with Garanti’, an educational program designed to make a positive impact on local communities by preparing children for the digital age. Entering its fourth year, the program will hold a series of workshops in seven cities across Turkey. Its first stop: Istanbul.]]>
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                    <title>Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta rates BBVA Compass “Outstanding” for CRA performance</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/federal-reserve-bank-of-atlanta-rates-bbva-compass-outstanding-for-cra-performance/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Ethical Banking]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible Business Plan]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Compass</a> today announced that the <a href="https://www.frbatlanta.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta</a> rated it “Outstanding” for CRA performance for its most recent examination period encompassing 2015 to 2017. The bank achieved “excellent performance” for community development lending and investments, and “high satisfactory” for service, which would translate to an overall “Outstanding” rating.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="http://bbva.info/2oLslPd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Compass</a> today announced that the <a href="https://www.frbatlanta.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta</a> rated it “Outstanding” for CRA performance for its most recent examination period encompassing 2015 to 2017. The bank achieved “excellent performance” for community development lending and investments, and “high satisfactory” for service, which would translate to an overall “Outstanding” rating.]]>
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