Azlo is empowering a new generation of founders and entrepreneurs with the digital tools to access key financial networks and accelerate their economic opportunity. BBVA has incubated Azlo to help them achieve this mission and to better serve ‘gig-economy’ workers, that are currently underserved by the financial services sector.

Garanti Bank’s modernization drive has now put the fruits of the burgeoning digital world at the fingertips of customers at 500 of its branches just a year after its revolutionary service model was introduced. The transformation effort of its entire branch network, which is on track for completion by year's end, aims to allow one-stop, fast and easy access to a wide array of services.

Last month, Revolut became one of only five fintechs in Europe to achieve unicorn status, following a $250 million Series C funding round.

Every Friday, BBVA Compass, a leader in the U.S. digital banking revolution, publishes its weekly Fintech Friday article, giving you headlines you might have missed in the world of fintech across the U.S.

BBVA's Global Head of Customer and Client Solutions, Derek White, has been interviewed by leading Spanish newspaper Expansión.

The Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), BME and a group of financial institutions formed by Banco Santander, BBVA, BNP Paribas, CaixaBank, Commerzbank and Société Générale, have been collaborating over the past year on a project called Fast Track Listing (FTL), which is based on blockchain technology.