BBVA has smashed through the one million digital sales per month barrier for the first time, with online sales now growing steadily at more than 5% each month.

Since August 1, there has been more than one bitcoin in the crypto-currency markets. On that day, bitcoin cash debuted in the ever-expanding world of blockchain-based virtual currencies. These are the five keys to the new crypto-currency.

The telecommunications sector is also exploring ways of creating new services and improving its processes by using blockchain. Among its many applications for telecos, in this issue of #RevoluciónBlockchain, Eusebio Felguera and Christophe Steck highlight its use to integrate third party services, manage intellectual property rights or as a system for improving corporate audits.

Virtual reality, big data and blockchain technology are changing the norms of the real estate business, as startups seek their place in the housing market.

UK Challenger bank Atom is making its first move overseas by beginning to offer savers in Germany access to its products.

The app-based bank, which is part owned by BBVA, has partnered with Deposit Solutions in order to launch fixed-rate products to customers in the country.

One of the topics of debate in the European Union’s Payment Services Directive 2, better known as PSD2, is how to articulate the access to customer data by third parties. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has said it is in favor of access through Application Program Interfaces (APIs), which it regards as being more secure in protecting customer data. That position differs from the one taken to date by the European Commission.