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BBVA CEO Onur Genç said in London on Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) will drive the next major transformation of the sector and that the bank is very well positioned to address this new cycle. The Group was a pioneer in the digitalization era and is taking the same approach to AI: early adoption, rapid scaling and a transformation around this new technology. “We do believe we are embracing this technology better than our competitors,” he said during his participation in the CEO conference organized by Bank of America.

BBVA has placed a €1.25 billion senior preferred green bond this Tuesday, maturing in September 2033. The price was set at mid-swaps +75 basis points, significantly below the initial price guidance of mid-swaps +100 basis points. The bookrunners were BBVA, Danske, ING, Natixis and UBS. Demand reached €2.8 billion.

Antalya will host COP31, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, from November 9 to 20, 2026. The city is seeking to consolidate a sustainable model for urban development and tourism while tackling challenges such as water stress, rising temperatures and sea-level rise.

BBVA has published its Green Bonds Report 2025, which details how proceeds from its green bond issuances were allocated and the environmental impact of the resulting project portfolio. At year-end 2025, BBVA had 20 green bonds outstanding, with an equivalent value of €5.666 billion. The financed projects had an estimated impact of 2.9 million tons of CO₂ emissions avoided during the year, 51% more than in 2024, and are estimated to have generated nearly 11.5 million MWh of renewable energy. That is roughly equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 3.2 million European households.

In artificial intelligence, getting a prediction right or detecting complex patterns does not always mean understanding the underlying events that occurred to lead to that result. Understanding causal relationships is the core idea addressed by the doctoral thesis of Jesús Renero Quintero, who is part of the AI adoption team at the bank. The thesis was developed within the industrial PhD program in Data Science promoted by the University of Navarra and BBVA. The goal is to design AI that is more reliable and transparent.

FC Internazionale Milano and BBVA have officially presented their partnership at a media event held at the club’s headquarters in Milan. The event also coincides with the launch of new BBVA offers in Italy, where the bank is now approaching one million customers.

Both international events seek to raise awareness of climate change and spur action to mitigate it, but they differ in how they operate, the commitments they generate and their scope. Climate Week NYC is a gauge of how businesses, institutions and civil society are thinking and acting, while the Conference of the Parties (COP) brings together heads of state to negotiate binding agreements.

BBVA has provided BizAway with €10 million in financing to support its acquisition of Dutch company Uniglobe Alliance Travel. The transaction will enable the scaleup to bolster its presence in Northern Europe, expand its customer base in the Benelux region, and move forward with its goal of becoming the leading corporate travel partner across the continent. The financing benefits from the support of the European Union and the European Investment Fund (EIF) under the InvestEU program.

BBVA measures and shares climate physical risk assessments with its clients. In doing so, it relies on proprietary methodologies through BBVA Adapta, an in-house tool that enables it to assess the physical climate risk of its portfolio at a granular level and over different time horizons. The analysis generates metrics and spatial visualizations for the bank’s Risk and Business areas.

Garanti BBVA has released a series of nine videos on its YouTube channel, called the ‘Financial Security Guide.’ The series is designed to raise awareness among viewers of potential fraud on digital channels, helping them recognize suspicious requests and take the appropriate steps to protect themselves. Featuring digital content creator Ozan Sihay, the series uses a variety of everyday scenarios to explain common fraud methods, identify warning signs and outline practical precautions in an easy-to-understand way.

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BBVA Research believes that COP31, to be held in Antalya, Türkiye, this coming November, must turn climate commitments into concrete, verifiable action. The bank’s research unit notes that, while climate governance already has a framework of commitments and initiatives in place, a gap remains between the stated goals and their implementation. In a recent climate report, it also cites financing as one of the factors that will determine progress toward the measures agreed upon.

Artificial intelligence is fueling an unprecedented surge in demand for digital infrastructure. But increasingly, the defining challenge facing the sector is not computing power alone. It is energy.

Global Finance’s awards assess the innovation structures shaping the future of financial services. Garanti BBVA Partners has been recognized in Global Finance’s World’s Best Financial Innovation Labs 2026 in the Financial Services Company (Working With External Startups and Scale-ups) category, placing it alongside the innovation labs of the world’s leading financial institutions.

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and professor at New York University.

Twenty-one leading international financial institutions have committed to establish a new company in H2 2026, subject to closing conditions, to support the issuance of a stablecoin solution.

BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking is bringing artificial intelligence directly into ePricer, its digital structured products platform, with a new release designed to make idea generation, pricing and lifecycle management more connected.

Garanti BBVA has won two awards at Global Finance’s AI in Finance Awards 2026: “Best Personalized Financial Advice in Türkiye” and “Best Personalized Financial Advice in Western Europe.” The awards recognize the bank’s AI-powered approach to providing personalized financial advice. They also qualify Garanti BBVA for the global Round II judging, with the winners to be announced in Singapore in October.

BBVA closed a $2.3 billion senior non-preferred (SNP) debt issuance on Tuesday, structured in three tranches: two three-year tranches — one $1 billion fixed-rate tranche and a $300 million floating-rate tranche — and a third $1 billion fixed-rate tranche with a five-year maturity.