https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/finance/financial-systems/ NEWS BBVA Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:44:37 +0200 en-US hourly 1 https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-launches-its-partnership-with-inter-and-unveils-new-offers-in-italy/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:44:37 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=innovation&p=1177626 https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/europe-in-the-race-for-capital-the-opportunity-of-the-savings-and-investment-union/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:15:12 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=economyfinance&p=1175376 article published in Cinco Días, Juan Blasco, Head of Institutional Business at BBVA CIB and Board Chair of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), examines the role of the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) as a key lever to channel European savings into productive investment, deepen capital markets, and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and growth potential.]]> article published in Cinco Días, Juan Blasco, Head of Institutional Business at BBVA CIB and Board Chair of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), examines the role of the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) as a key lever to channel European savings into productive investment, deepen capital markets, and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and growth potential.]]> https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/the-odyssey-of-regulating-and-developing-ai/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:12:02 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=economyfinance&p=1172850 Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the European Union’s decision to postpone the implementation of much of the AI Act until December 2027. With the delay announced in July, Europe’s push for trustworthy AI, launched back in 2017, will have spanned an entire decade—exactly as long as it took Odysseus to return to Ithaca following the Trojan War.]]> Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the European Union’s decision to postpone the implementation of much of the AI Act until December 2027. With the delay announced in July, Europe’s push for trustworthy AI, launched back in 2017, will have spanned an entire decade—exactly as long as it took Odysseus to return to Ithaca following the Trojan War.]]> https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/jurgen-von-der-lehr-bbva-germany-we-want-to-become-primary-bank-for-customers-in-germany/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:06:46 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=economyfinance&p=1174240 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.]]> 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.]]> https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/bbva-completes-the-extraordinary-share-buyback-program-launched-in-december-2025-for-nearly-e4-billion/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:35:47 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=economyfinance&p=1173820 https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/bbva-completes-record-e2bn-synthetic-securitisation-to-boost-project-finance-capacity/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:27:18 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=economyfinance&p=1169631 https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-launches-a-credit-card-in-germany-and-expands-its-financial-products-offering/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:11:32 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=innovation&p=1165952 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 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.]]> https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/carlos-torres-vila-europe-has-the-opportunity-to-lead-the-way-in-ai-adoption-to-boost-productivity-and-strategic-autonomy/ Tue, 19 May 2026 11:55:01 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=innovation&p=1161509 https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-appoints-jurgen-von-der-lehr-as-head-of-its-digital-bank-in-germany/ Wed, 06 May 2026 04:49:13 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=innovation&p=1159400 https://www.bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/carlos-torres-vila-the-countrys-medium-term-outlook-is-favourable-driven-by-plan-mexico/ Tue, 05 May 2026 16:53:21 +0000 https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=economyfinance&p=1159725