This drones startup has managed to raise €450,000 in just six days during the first investment round with the Crowdcube crowdfunding platform. Under this funding, the founders of this small company have given 20% of it to their 73 new investors.
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Growing access to technology and rising rates of digital literacy among consumers the world over are changing the way people conduct banking transactions. Banks have strived to adapt to the changing habits and needs of their users by creating a new banking business model, which has been termed “banking 3.0”.
BBVA Compass is testing the next generation of drive-thru banking at three of its Houston locations, where customers can summon remote tellers via devices with high-definition screens that double as full-service ATMs.
A computer mouse that wraps around your finger is nice for a while, but it’s much too awkward.
Smartwatches are a wearable technology, but the idea of miniaturizing technology so we can carry it around with us is nothing new, but simply a response to our desire to make technology part of our daily lives.
A group of individuals convinced of the advantages and potential of Bitcoin cryptocurrency has decided to create a 'bitcoin street' in Barcelona. This is in imitation of the initiative that was introduced in Madrid a few weeks ago, which allows customers of over 20 retailers in the shopping street calle Serrano (in the famous Madrid 'golden mile') to be able to make purchases with this currency that is as controversial as it is popular.
ShadowCrypt makes it possible to encrypt messages by simply installing it and sharing the service key used with message recipients.
BBVA’s Data Processing Center (DPC) in Tres Cantos (Madrid) has been awarded the Tier IV Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute. This is its highest rating in operational sustainability, which makes BBVA the first bank with such advanced installations in Europe.
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BBVA, Dwolla team up to offer real-time payment innovation to U.S.
BBVA Compass today announced an agreement that opens its technology platform to payments innovator Dwolla, allowing customers of the bank to use the Iowa startup’s real-time network to make money transfers.
For the fifth year running BBVA Banca Privada has been named the best private bank in Spain in the 2014 edition of The Global Private Banking Awards held by the prestigious international banking journals The Banker, and PWM –part of the Financial Times Group.