BBVA is working on new and enhanced channels to offer customers an easier way to communicate with the bank, offering a seamless experience tailored to their needs. BBVA attaches great importance to the development and application of new technologies to help it innovate in the market. BBVA is a global bank present in more than 30 countries and offers solutions tailored to the needs of each one.

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.

According to the 2013 Global Innovation Index, Spain has climbed three places in the last year and is now at number 26 in this ranking, with a score of 49.41 out of 100, compared to 66.59 in Switzerland, the most innovative country.

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.

One in four users recognizes that he or she has Internet of Things devices because of the savings it generates, while 19% opt for these devices for their convenience and 16% for reasons of security, according to the GSMA study conducted by KRC Research.

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.

BBVA is pleased to announce the operational launch of its new data processing center (DPC) in Tres Cantos (Madrid, Spain), which houses the complete technological infrastructure underpinning the Group’s business in Europe. The facility is one of the world’s most advanced DPCs, with dual Tier IV certification (for design and construction) verifying that it offers optimal levels of reliability and safety.