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Garanti BBVA ships 'blank' card with no code imprints

Garanti BBVA has begun issuing a rewards-based credit card that stores credit card numbers, expiration dates and CVV codes on a separate mobile app, rather than on the physical card itself.

09 October 2020

Company announcement/payments

Garanti BBVA offers virtual credit cards to shoppers on discount website Bonus

Garanti BBVA is betting on technology and innovation to continue leading the payment system and credit card sector.

01 October 2020

Company announcement/payments

Garanti BBVA debuts Safe Selling System for buying new and used cars

As part of its collaborative framework with Turkey’s Notary Association, Garanti BBVA has created the Safe Selling System for the buying and selling of second-hand vehicles.

01 September 2020

News/retail

BBVA builds gender-neutral global chatbot

BBVA has kicked against the trend to assign female voices to artificial intelligence assistants with the launch of Blue, a gender-neutral chatbot trained to answer customer's everyday banking queries.

28 August 2020

News/markets

BBVA trials quantum computing to optimise investment portfolio management

BBVA and Spanish startup Multiverse have run a proof-of-concept using quantum technologies to improve the process of dynamically optimising investment portfolios with market data.

27 August 2020

News/payments

BBVA to test softPOS payment application

BBVA is to run trials of software that enables merchants to accept contactless transactions on their Android mobiles without the need for any additional hardware.

27 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

Garanti BBVA becomes first bank to hook up to Swift gpi pre-validation service

BBVA Garanti has become the first bank worldwide to complete integration of the new SWIFT GPI pre-validation service, an international money transfer service developed by SWIFT. Controlled testing of the service is ongoing.

19 August 2020

News/payments

Valencia public transport system to go cash free

Valencia is to become the first city in Spain to phase out cash payments for public transport in favour of a mobile ticketing system developed by Masabi and supported by BBVA and Mastercard.

11 August 2020

News/payments

BBVA introduces contactless cash machines

BBVA is offering customers zero-touch contactless cash withdrawals from ATMS as a means to promote safety and hygiene protocols during the pandemic.

11 August 2020

News/retail

Google to offer co-branded accounts with eight US banks

Eight US banks have teamed up with Google to launch mobile-first bank accounts within the Google Pay app.

03 August 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

Fiduciam and BBVA accredited to UK corona loan schemes

Today the British Business Bank has announced that it has approved Fiduciam for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), and accredited BBVA under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS).

22 July 2020

News/wholesale

BBVA prepares for quantum leap

BBVA is stepping up its interests in quantum computing, presenting the results of six proof of concept trials across financial business use cases.

17 July 2020

News/payments

Spanish banks complete tests of programmable payments for smart contracts

Banco Sabadell, Banco Santander, Bankia, BBVA and CaixaBank have successfully completed a proof-of-concept test to enable the execution of payments triggered by smart contracts in blockchain networks.

15 July 2020

Company announcement/retail

BBVA to open 15 new branches in Texas

BBVA USA announced today that it has received approval to open 15 new branches across Texas, the bank’s largest market in its U.S. footprint.

01 July 2020

News/retail

BBVA launches Apple Watch app in Uruguay

BBVA has tapped its global mobile banking platform to overhaul its app for US customers and launch an Apple Watch app in Uruguay.

26 June 2020

News/regulation

Financial regulators need to get to grips with Big Tech - BBVA

Defining a suitable regulatory response to the appearance of Big Tech in the financial sector is "one of the greatest public policy challenges facing regulatory bodies", says BBVA in a report which calls on financial watchdogs to address the imbalance on data access between banks and firms such as Google, Amazon and Facebook.

16 June 2020

News/retail

BBVA re-opens Spanish branch network

BBVA has re-opened its entire branch network as Spain emerges out of lockdown.

12 June 2020

News/payments

BBVA Open Platform helps firms move money in real-time

BBVA's API-powered open banking platform has launched a real-time payments service via Visa Direct, for US companies.

11 June 2020

News/sustainable

BBVA ships tool to help companies calculate their carbon footprint

BBVA has released a new tool which scans client's aggregated transaction data to determine the amount of greenhouse gases they emit into the atmosphere with their daily activities.

01 June 2020

Company announcement/retail

BBVA exports digital 'Ninja' staff training programme to San Miguel

BBVA and Mahou San Miguel, Spain’s leading producer of beer, have begun a collaboration that will roll out the bank’s digital professional development program (‘Ninja’), offering it to the beverage company’s employees.

28 May 2020