BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) reinforces its commitment to innovation with the integration of BBVA Spark and the group’s Digital Assets & Blockchain strategy. This restructuring strengthens its leadership in advanced financial solutions and the digital transformation of the industry.

Girls start to lose interest in science as they approach adolescence. This ‘abrupt’ change takes place at the age of 16, according to a recent Microsoft. On the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Carmen Lópex, Head of Engineering at BBVA Spain, and Alicia Mancheño, a member of the Technovation Girls Advisory Board, reflected on how to combat the prejudices and stereotypes that turn girls away from these professions.

Garanti BBVA recently held a ‘Demo Day’ event in celebration of the five startups that completed the 2nd year of its Garanti BBVA Partners Tech Program.The program aims to support newly founded tech startups with the potential to attract investment and grow.

Garanti BBVA continues to lead the way when it comes to digital transformation, adding value for its customers while steering the industry with its innovative solutions. In 2024, the bank’s mobile banking app, Garanti BBVA Mobil, reached over 16.5 million active users, making it one of Türkiye’s most popular banking apps.

The BBVA Foundation has granted its Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies to Anil K. Jain (Michigan State University, United States) and Michael I. Jordan (University of California, Berkeley, United States) for their “core contributions” to machine learning, which have unlocked developments in biometrics and artificial intelligence.

Garanti BBVA Crypto Asset Trading Platform, part of the Garanti BBVA Group, recently announced that Korcan Abalı will be stepping down as CEO and Onur Güven will replace him. Güven has been a senior manager at a variety of renowned financial technology companies.