The number of global incidents detected increased three-fold between January and June this year. And although Spain is second, it is probably because of the great use made of online banking, according to a report by S21sec.

Being able to get to know the customer. This is one of the objectives of the bank of the future that Hugo Najera, BBVA Chief Innovation Officer, stressed in an interview in Leaners Magazine. And how do you achieve it? Innovation is one of the cornerstones in which BBVA supports its strategy to achieve it.

Many companies would pay through the nose for a social network fortune teller who could spot trends in social media before anyone else and develop effective strategies to solve potential problems or ensure that they could get the most out of a particular trend whilst it is booming. A fortune teller might be the most exotic approach, but an algorithm is more effective, and an MIT professor has developed just such a tool that can spot the next trending topic.

The jury found that BBVA Game, as well as three projects from other operators, "went above and beyond to produce financial results and innovation". The awards recognize institutions that run outstanding projects in the field of finance.

This is the first corporate publication for iPad focused on innovation. Each editionaddresses a specific theme and will have articles, analysis and plentiful information aboutcurrent trends.

In this video we can see a minute by minute account of spending patterns in Spain during Easter 2011. The BBVA data is from card transactions categorized into four types of sale: food, fashion, service stations and bars / restaurants.