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BBVA virtual assistant gets AI-powered account and card management features

BBVA has revamped its personal virtual assistant, adding AI-powered account and card management features.

17 February 2025

Company announcement/wholesale

BBVA drives innovation in wholesale banking unit

BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) reinforces its commitment to innovation with the integration of BBVA Spark and the group’s Digital Assets & Blockchain strategy.

12 February 2025

News/people

BBVA on the hunt for 1100 new tech employees

BBVA has set a target of reaching 20,000 tech employees in 2025, with 1100 new hires in advanced technical roles up for grabs.

30 January 2025

News/ai

BBVA creates GPT Store to house employee-generated AI tools

Just five months after BBVA distributed 3,000 ChatGPT Enterprise licenses among its employees, 83 percent have incorporated it into their work routine and have created nearly 3,000 adaptations of the tool for specific tasks, ranging from financial data analysis to help to solve legal questions from clients in less than 24 hours or provide customer insights.

25 November 2024

News/ai

BBVA to train top executives in GenAI

BBVA is creating a training programme to give its top executives a grounding in the use of GenAI to improve productivity.

05 November 2024

News/markets

BBVA Asset Management pilots ‘tokenised’ fund

BBVA Asset Management is investigating the use of blockchain technology for a "tokenised" investment fund.

28 October 2024

News/crypto

Visa launches platform to help banks issue fiat-backed tokens

Visa has unveiled a platform that helps banks issue and manage fiat-backed tokens such as stablecoins on blockchain networks.

04 October 2024

News/crypto

BBVA adds USDC to to crypto asset service in Switzerland

The Swiss unit of Spanish bank BBVA is expanding its cryptocurrency custody and trading services to include USD Coin (USDC).

12 September 2024

News/ai

BBVA doubles AI staff numbers

BBVA has doubled the number of staff working on artificial intelligence to more than 400 as it opens new 'AI Factories' in Mexico and Turkey.

22 August 2024

News/security

BBVA opens global cybersecurity centre in Mexico

BBVA is opening a global cybersecurity centre in Mexico as part of an alliance with IT services company Telefónica Tech aimed at boosting the bank's defences against a rising tide of security-related threats.

22 July 2024

News/retail

BBVA preps German digital bank

Spain's BBVA is planning to launch a consumer digital bank in Germany, according to Bloomberg.

17 June 2024

News/sustainable

BBVA to issue financial sector's first biodiversity bond

BBVA Colombia and IFC are to issue the financial sector’s first biodiversity bond.

05 June 2024