Fintech firms could be the saving grace for the U.K.’s financial sector, but greater complications to attract global talent could pose a serious problem. It all depends on the political negotiations.

As a partner of the Web Summit, BBVA opened the doors of its Innovation Center to host representatives of one of the most important events in Europe on technology. The conference will begin on November 7th in Lisbon. Web Summit organizers are traveling to Europe’s biggest cities to meet with the entrepreneurial community, helping them to get to know each other in these meetings leading up to the event.

The financial world has spent the past few years trying to decide what to make of blockchain - the automated ledger that supports the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Could it be a gold mine for banks looking to make their back-office systems more efficient, driving costs from the business? Or is it just another techno dead-end, a clever idea but one that lacks sufficient profitable uses to be worth deploying on a large scale?

Atom Bank has been recognized as one of the most innovative startups in the 2016 Fintech 100 ranking. BBVA has a 29.5% stake in the mobile-only bank operating in the U.K.

With the final presidential debate in Las Vegas wrapped up and the entourage moved on, a new show with an arguably larger supporting staff is heading into town. Now in its’ 5th year, Money20/20 will host over 10 000 guests over four days this week, eager to learn about how technology is changing digital financial services and meet the people behind it. So what are the things to look out for at this key fixture on the fintech calendar?

Madrid – BBVA today announced a global agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that aims to accelerate BBVA’s global transformation through cloud computing. The agreement, which is part of a series of accords that the Group is forging with strategic providers, turns AWS into the preferred cloud infrastructure services provider for BBVA.