Blockchain has the potential to transform the way business is conducted, whether in transactions between private individuals or relations between government agencies and citizens. With this column about e-commerce, Adolfo Contreras Ruiz de Alda, co-author of Blockchain: the Industrial Revolution of Internet, begins a series of articles that will describe the impact of the new decentralized technologies on different areas and activities.

BBVA and the startup Das-Nano today announced they have formed Veridas, a new technology company specializing in biometrics that will develop client identification and authentication systems that will be safer and easier to use.

Analyzing someone’s solvency based on what they do on social networks is already boosting access to credit in emerging economies. In developed countries, it helps financial institutions better determine to whom they lend money.

Sooner than you probably think. The question is how we will pay when coins and bills are of interest only to collectors.

Funding is one of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs face when launching their own company. And getting it is not easy. But now, Trust·u, a new SME-oriented financing model, aims to help recently created companies overcome this hurdle by offering loans to startups that are able to convince relatives and friends to support them.

At BBVA we work in teams, where creativity and knowledge is shared. The Triangle is BBVA's method for creating interdisciplinary project teams, ensuring that all the right people and perspectives are engaged from the beginning!