BBVA has once again been recognized, this time by the panel of the ECOFIN Awards, which has selected the bank as the best “International Brand-Image for Spain” in 2016. The award recognizes the work carried out by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (FMBBVA) and the advice provided by BBVA to companies that expand abroad.

So, another year’s WIRED Money , together with BBVA, over and what have we learnt from this gathering of individuals and businesses looking to change the world of financial services through technology?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is on the verge of changing the face of business as we know it. Much has been said in recent years about the final and irreversible rise of the IoT, not only in smart homes and cities, but especially in large corporations and most industries.

BBVA’s transformation process involves a new corporate culture with new, more agile and flexible ways of working. We spent two days in one of the quarterly planning sessions BBVA is holding around the world to find out firsthand what this new way of working is like.

BBVA Open Talent has consolidated its position as a global leader of fintech competitions, with startups competing from 77 different countries in this year's edition.

BBVA is rolling out, in partnership with BBVA Data & Analytics, a new service for merchants, inaugurating a new way of banking: Commerce360, a web tool that turns anonymized and aggregate data from purchases paid for by customers with a BBVA card in a physical POS terminal into useful data for business customers. Through this application, merchants will be able to access a set of statistical indicators, describing the economic activity of both their businesses, their customers and the area in which they operates. This information will allow them to design plans intended to drive their businesses’ and marketing strategies’ profitability.