BBVA’s Board of Directors is in San Francisco to work first hand with experts and companies at the cutting-edge of change and transformation. Some of these companies are already working in close collaboration with BBVA, or are part of its ecosystem. BBVA Global Executive Chairman Francisco González analyzed the current status of the bank and the impact of technology on the financial sector, the economy and society.

BBVA Paraguay is part of a sound, consolidated group, with the track record, tools and processes that makes it a solid and respected bank across the country. Given the current challenge posed by the digital transformation, the bank is using its experience to reinvent itself and adapt to the local ecosystem, updating the products and services it offers in an agile manner.

Soacha in Colombia receives 20-60 new families a week that are fleeing from the armed conflict that torments the country. In this context, the support of Bancamía (the entity of BBVA Microfinance Foundation in Colombia) to small entrepreneurs plays a key role in the area’s economic development. Francisco González, Chairman and CEO of BBVA, visited three of these small businesses and saw their work first hand.

‘Internet of me’, the trend towards content specialization based on user profiles, is becoming a pivotal strategy on which forward-looking companies are focusing. We analyze the current status, growth prospects, the reasons why it is becoming such a big issue and its connections with blooming technology trends.

BBVA Compass hosted clients at the Millennium Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles last week for an invitation-only forum featuring Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most famous hacker.

It is tempting to see the US presidential election as a watershed moment for the big US internet companies. Facebook, Twitter and Google have each, in their way, been cast in an unflattering light. They stand accused of helping to circulate fake news and conspiracy theories, most of it favouring the Trump camp, that may have worsened what was already a deeply partisan battle. And the raucous debate on Twitter often tipped into outright harassment and hate speech.