Expectation is building among the 17 shortlisted Latin American candidates that will be pitching their projects during the BBVA Open Talent Latam 2016 final. Today, Monday, they will be working long and hard on fine tuning their project presentations, with help from BBVA experts. The winners will be announced tomorrow, Tuesday..

A new report on consumers’ adoption of mobile deposit found that BBVA Compass offers one of the best experiences with the convenient feature that allows people to deposit checks with their smart devices.

Industries, businesses and services have been revolutionized by new technologies, greater information processing capacity and speed, as well as easier data connection possibilities and lower smartphone costs. Travel agencies, car rentals, music and book sales, the retail sector and public transportation are just a few examples of areas that have completely changed.

Paykey, the system that enables users to make payments through any message service or social network thanks to a virtual keyboard, and Musoni, the cloud-based microfinance software, are the two winning startups of BBVA Open Talent Europe 2016.

Biometric data come to the payments industry and guarantee greater security in digital commerce.

Blockchain technology hopes to help the banking industry's digital transformation process by improving efficiency, security and transparency and reducing costs.