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                    <title>BBVA Mexico acts as Sole Bookrunner in the refinancing of Punto Valle Shopping Center</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/bbva-mexico-acts-as-sole-bookrunner-in-the-refinancing-of-punto-valle-shopping-center/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Armando Reyna]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financing for companies]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Visa Desarrollos, headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, completed the refinancing of its flagship project, <a href="https://puntovalle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Punto Valle.</a> The transaction was structured for a total amount of MXN 2.2 billion with a five-year tenor. This mixed-use development is considered the largest and most prominent “Town Center” in northern Mexico.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Visa Desarrollos, headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, completed the refinancing of its flagship project, <a href="https://puntovalle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Punto Valle.</a> The transaction was structured for a total amount of MXN 2.2 billion with a five-year tenor. This mixed-use development is considered the largest and most prominent “Town Center” in northern Mexico.]]>
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                    <title>Iberdrola y BBVA close a new pioneering sustainable transaction</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/iberdrola-and-bbva-formalize-a-new-pioneering-sustainable-transaction-in-the-industry/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Víctor Sosa Guillén]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Finance]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has been the global coordinator and sustainable co-agent of Iberdrola's new  €2.5 billion multi-currency syndicated loan. This operation, which was linked to two sustainable indicators, constitutes an industry milestone as it´s referenced to Risk Free Rates (RFR), which replace LIBOR and which will serve as a model for future financing in Spain. It's also a unique transaction since Iberdrola has committed to donating part of its adjusted margin to sustainable projects.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has been the global coordinator and sustainable co-agent of Iberdrola's new  €2.5 billion multi-currency syndicated loan. This operation, which was linked to two sustainable indicators, constitutes an industry milestone as it´s referenced to Risk Free Rates (RFR), which replace LIBOR and which will serve as a model for future financing in Spain. It's also a unique transaction since Iberdrola has committed to donating part of its adjusted margin to sustainable projects.]]>
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                    <title>Sustainable financing reaches the Spanish funeral services sector thanks to BBVA and Funespaña</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/sustainable-financing-reaches-the-spanish-funeral-services-sector-thanks-to-bbva-and-funespana/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[elisabet.furioc]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainable Finance]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and <a href="https://www.funespana.es/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Funespaña</a> formalized a sustainability-linked loan with KPI metrics, becoming the first case of sustainable financing in the Spanish funeral sector which will include three sustainability indicators. The seven-year financing in which the fixed interest rate that the company will pay depends on the fulfillment of three indicators, one environmental and two social. To carry out the operation the bank acted as a sustainable coordinator and <a href="https://valoraconsultores.com/es/inicio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Valora</a> as a sustainable consultant.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA and <a href="https://www.funespana.es/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Funespaña</a> formalized a sustainability-linked loan with KPI metrics, becoming the first case of sustainable financing in the Spanish funeral sector which will include three sustainability indicators. The seven-year financing in which the fixed interest rate that the company will pay depends on the fulfillment of three indicators, one environmental and two social. To carry out the operation the bank acted as a sustainable coordinator and <a href="https://valoraconsultores.com/es/inicio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Valora</a> as a sustainable consultant.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA’s support for its large clients in the health crisis</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbvas-support-for-its-large-clients-in-the-health-crisis/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[elisabet.furioc]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bonds]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                            <![CDATA[If the context in which banks and companies interacted last year was already complicated due to the political and economic uncertainty, combined with the low interest rate scenario, the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic last March further complicated this context by forcing nearly everyone into lockdown. Investment banks were a key component for the survival of large corporations. Jose Ramón Vizmanos, the Head of Global Client Coverage at BBVA Corporate &amp; Investment Banking, explained this to the <a href="https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2020/08/03/mercados/1596472702_478022.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial newspaper Cinco Días</a> in an interview this summer.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[If the context in which banks and companies interacted last year was already complicated due to the political and economic uncertainty, combined with the low interest rate scenario, the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic last March further complicated this context by forcing nearly everyone into lockdown. Investment banks were a key component for the survival of large corporations. Jose Ramón Vizmanos, the Head of Global Client Coverage at BBVA Corporate &amp; Investment Banking, explained this to the <a href="https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2020/08/03/mercados/1596472702_478022.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">financial newspaper Cinco Días</a> in an interview this summer.]]>
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                    <title>Infrastructure financing: A cornerstone of the recovery</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/opinion/infrastructure-financing-a-cornerstone-of-the-recovery/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[ullak]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Project finance]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2019, BBVA carried out a strategic reassessment process to delve further into its transformation and adapt to the overarching trends that are reshaping the world and the financial industry: Sustainability and digitization are two of the major challenges of this age and BBVA's ambition is to help its clients tackle this process. Jaime Artola, BBVA's Global Head of Structured Finance, shares his strategic vision regarding how the bank can leverage this business to progress towards achieving its purpose.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In 2019, BBVA carried out a strategic reassessment process to delve further into its transformation and adapt to the overarching trends that are reshaping the world and the financial industry: Sustainability and digitization are two of the major challenges of this age and BBVA's ambition is to help its clients tackle this process. Jaime Artola, BBVA's Global Head of Structured Finance, shares his strategic vision regarding how the bank can leverage this business to progress towards achieving its purpose.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA, sustainability coordinator of the new revolving credit facility for EnBW in Germany</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-sustainability-coordinator-of-the-new-revolving-credit-facility-for-enbw-in-germany/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[ullak]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA, acting as sole sustainability coordinator, has advised the German energy company<a href="https://www.enbw.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> EnBW </a>to incorporate environmental and  social criteria into its core bank financing. This characteristic underscores the company’s sustainable commitment. The financing agreement turns EnBW into one of the first corporations in the world to include sustainability across its entire financing spectrum. EnBW has issued three hybrid bonds and one green bond since 2018; BBVA acted as active bookrunner in the green bond and in one of the hybrids.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA, acting as sole sustainability coordinator, has advised the German energy company<a href="https://www.enbw.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> EnBW </a>to incorporate environmental and  social criteria into its core bank financing. This characteristic underscores the company’s sustainable commitment. The financing agreement turns EnBW into one of the first corporations in the world to include sustainability across its entire financing spectrum. EnBW has issued three hybrid bonds and one green bond since 2018; BBVA acted as active bookrunner in the green bond and in one of the hybrids.]]>
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                    <title>From small potatoes, literally, to BBVA USA Houston CEO: The Path of Dillan Knudson</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/from-small-potatoes-literally-to-bbva-usa-houston-ceo-the-path-of-dillan-knudson/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Loans]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Dillan Knudson has taken somewhat of a circuitous route throughout his career in the financial industry - and beyond - <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-usa-promotes-long-tenured-dillan-knudson-to-the-position-of-houston-ceo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leading to his recent appointment as BBVA Houston CEO.</a>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Dillan Knudson has taken somewhat of a circuitous route throughout his career in the financial industry - and beyond - <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-usa-promotes-long-tenured-dillan-knudson-to-the-position-of-houston-ceo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leading to his recent appointment as BBVA Houston CEO.</a>]]>
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                    <title>BBVA signs first-ever sustainable project finance loan in Spain's hospitality industry</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-signs-first-ever-sustainable-project-finance-loan-in-spains-hospitality-industry/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 06:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Pilar Martínez Fariña]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Beachbox Hotelco has become the first company in Spain’s hospitality sector to sign a sustainable project finance loan to finance the construction of the <a href="https://www.sixsenses.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Six Senses Ibiza hotel</a>. BBVA served as <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/sustainable-agent-banks-taking-action-against-climate-change/">sustainable coordinator</a> in the €55 million syndicated loan for the financing of the project. BBVA and Caixabank will each contribute 50 percent of the funds.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Beachbox Hotelco has become the first company in Spain’s hospitality sector to sign a sustainable project finance loan to finance the construction of the <a href="https://www.sixsenses.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Six Senses Ibiza hotel</a>. BBVA served as <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/sustainable-agent-banks-taking-action-against-climate-change/">sustainable coordinator</a> in the €55 million syndicated loan for the financing of the project. BBVA and Caixabank will each contribute 50 percent of the funds.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA revolutionizes the corporate loans market with a new digital loan</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-revolutionizes-the-corporate-loans-market-with-a-new-digital-loan/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Pilar Martínez Fariña]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Technology]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In line with its digital transformation strategy, BBVA has launched a new form of corporate loan, the digital facility (D-Loan), and signed the first ever financing of this kind with <a href="https://www.olamgroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olam International</a>, a leading food and agri-business company headquartered and listed in Singapore. As provider of this innovative solution, BBVA acted as digital advisor and coordinator under the new USD 350 million revolving credit facility. BBVA was also the facility agent for the other 6 banks that participate in the financing.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In line with its digital transformation strategy, BBVA has launched a new form of corporate loan, the digital facility (D-Loan), and signed the first ever financing of this kind with <a href="https://www.olamgroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olam International</a>, a leading food and agri-business company headquartered and listed in Singapore. As provider of this innovative solution, BBVA acted as digital advisor and coordinator under the new USD 350 million revolving credit facility. BBVA was also the facility agent for the other 6 banks that participate in the financing.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA creates the digital loan for corporate clients and institutions</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-creates-the-digital-loan-for-corporate-clients-and-institutions/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[elisabet.furioc]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate lending]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Investment bank]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Digital loans (or D-loans) are a type of corporate bank financing (which could also come in the form of credit facilities) for which the price is linked to the company’s degree of digitization. The digital maturity level is determined annually by specialized independent consulting firms after a thorough analysis. If the company improves its level of digitization, the conditions of the bank financing also improve. By doing so, the company aligns its financial instruments with its corporate strategy, and has a financial incentive to improve its degree of digitization and accelerate its digital transformation over time.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Digital loans (or D-loans) are a type of corporate bank financing (which could also come in the form of credit facilities) for which the price is linked to the company’s degree of digitization. The digital maturity level is determined annually by specialized independent consulting firms after a thorough analysis. If the company improves its level of digitization, the conditions of the bank financing also improve. By doing so, the company aligns its financial instruments with its corporate strategy, and has a financial incentive to improve its degree of digitization and accelerate its digital transformation over time.]]>
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