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Company announcement/sustainable

CaixaBank's imagin launches sustainability initiative

imagin, the digital services and lifestyle platform for young people from CaixaBank, Spain’s leading retail bank, is implementing a sustainability strategy with the aim of consolidating an environmental action model that is a benchmark in the digital field, covering the full range of its activities.

20 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

CaixaBank releases online account opening platform non-Spanish residents

CaixaBank, Spain’s leading retail bank headed by chairman Jordi Gual and chief executive officer Gonzalo Gortázar, has become the country’s first bank to present two digital solutions to accompany and facilitate banking for Spain's non-residents.

06 July 2020

News/retail

CaixaBank opens private LinkedIn space for female business leaders

CaixaBank has established a virtual business community and meeting point on LinkedIn where female entrepreneurs can exchange knowledge, ideas and experiences.

02 July 2020

News/retail

CaixaBank transforms mobile bank imagin into lifestyle app

CaixaBank is relaunching its mobile-only youth-oriented banking offshoot imagin as a lifestyle platform offering a range of banking and non-financial products.

19 June 2020

News/retail

CaixaBank to roll out facial recognition ATMs across Spain

Caixabank is embarking on a project to roll out facial recogntion technology at 100 ATMs throughout Spain, enabling users to make withdrawals without using a PIN code.

10 June 2020

Company announcement/cloud

CaixaBank and IBM partner for cloud services

Today, CaixaBank announced an agreement with IBM Services (NYSE:IBM) to accelerate its hybrid cloud journey and continue their work to increase the bank’s capability to develop innovative, digital-first solutions to enhance client experiences.

04 June 2020

Company announcement/retail

CaixaBank and elBullifoundation run digital catering programme to help restaurants get on their feet

CaixaBank, Spain’s leading retail bank, and elBullifoundation have organised the first digital catering programme in Spain delivered by a chef to help companies resume their businesses, which came to a halt as a result of the confinement measures taken due to the health crisis caused by the coronavirus.

28 May 2020

Company announcement/retail

CaixaBank unveils Smart Allocation portfolios

CaixaBank has launched its Smart Allocation portfolios, a new discretionary management solution that offers a dynamic management with further control of volatility through the application of a quantitative model that identifies different market scenarios in order to adjust the portfolio's risk level by modifying the weight in equity within each profile.

20 May 2020

Company announcement/startups

CaixaBank launches mentoring platform for female entrepreneurs challenged by Coronavirus

CaixaBank and the international organisation Vital Voices, whose mission is to support and invest in women leaders around the world, have created a virtual mentoring platform with a view to helping women entrepreneurs and founders of SMEs and start-ups across Europe, who are currently facing professional challenges due to COVID-19.

11 May 2020

News/retail

CaixaBank steps up quantum computing trials

CaixaBank is stepping up its experimental application of quantum computing in financial services, developing a machine learning algorithm to classify customers according to their credit risk.

17 April 2020

News/payments

CaixaBank and Global Payments form prepaid JV

Spain's CaixaBank is teaming up with Global Payments on a European prepaid card joint venture called MoneyToPay.

14 April 2020