Small Places LLC was announced as the winner of the second installment of “The Pitch” from BBVA Compass and the Houston Dynamo on June 13, awarding the organization the grand prize of $10,000, and business consulting from BBVA Compass and Dynamo executives.

According to the experts, artificial intelligence is not only a banking reality, it will change the sector completely. The transformational power of artificial intelligence can already be glimpsed in the form of chatbots, robo-advisors, and Robotic Process Automation.

The digital transformation of financial services is expanding the concept and business of shadow banking — broadly defined as “credit intermediation involving entities and activities (fully or partially) outside the regular banking system”—, according to the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the international body that monitors the stability of the global financial system.

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday the results of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis Review, or CCAR, and for the fourth year in a row, it did not object to the capital plan submitted by BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc.

This past 23 June, the Cabinet approved a new category of debt for issuance by all financial entities: senior non-preferred debt, which has the ability to absorb losses.

Ricardo Gómez Barredo, Director of Accounting & Supervisors at BBVA, indicated that “the first country that manages to balance the power of the bank regulators will be the most attractive to potential investors,” at the workshop “Madrid the financial center” last Friday. In the context of Brexit, the Spanish financial system should make the regulatory framework less complex in order to become an attractive destination for international banks.