The World Insurance Report 2016, from the insurance firm Capgemini in partnership with the European Financial Marketing Association (EFMA), found that Spain's generation Y (young people between 15 and 35 years of age) are among those most disenchanted with the services provided by conventional insurance firms.

Turkey shows the macroeconomic profile of a country in the midst of its financial takeoff, although highly conditioned by its international commercial relationships.

Mexico’s energy reform was back in the headlines when President Enrique Peña Nieto’s announced that gas imports will be liberalized starting in April this year. Since the reform was enacted in 2013, Mexico’s energy sector has had to confront the economy progressively moving to reduce its oil dependence, sharp declines in oil prices and 2016 starting off with major budget cuts in the state-run Pemex.

by José Manuel González-Páramo, BBVA Executive Director

Over the past few months there have been many very different statements published about the TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the U.S. and Europe. To what extent are they based on myths or facts? BBVA Executive Director José Manuel González-Páramo explains in an  op-ed published in Spanish ElDiario.es

BBVA today launches the 8th edition of its BBVA Open Talent competition, which aims to find the brightest and best entrepreneurs who are changing financial services through digital innovation. In the last five years, over 3,250 companies have entered, with winners raising over €116 million in investments. Early entrants will be considered for participation at Wired Money 2016 which BBVA is sponsoring for the second year in a row.

BBVA Research’s Chief Economist for Europe, Miguel Jiménez, analyzes the potential consequences of the U.K. leaving the EU in the blog El Catalejo -The Spyglass-. "Brexit would be bad news for the U.K. and the rest of Europe. In general, the U.K. remaining part of the EU would benefit everyone,” he indicates. “Brexit would have a significant economic cost for the British economy - around 3% of GDP according to most estimates.”