BBVA

448 results about this entity

Period: 22 Jul 2005 - 02 Oct 2025

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BBVA invests $20 million in Lowercarbon Capital

BBVA has announced a 20 million dollar investment in Lowercarbon Capital, one of the few venture capital funds specializing in innovative companies in the climate change and decarbonization fields.

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BBVA invests €15 million in Leadwind startup fund

BBVA will invest a total of 15 million euros in Leadwind, a venture capital fund managed by K Fund.

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BBVA opens up its cybersecurity training content after coaching 60,000 employees

The bank becomes the first financial institution in the world to share its cybersecurity knowledge with society through Coursera, a learning platform with 97 million registered students.

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BBVA fund invests in LatAm authentication startup Truora

BBVA investment fund Propel has lead a $15 million financing round in Colombian authentication startup Truora.

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BBVA closes a deal with Merlin to buy back 662 branches

BBVA has exercised its right of first refusal to buy back 662 branches, which it sold between 2009 and 2010 under a sale and lease back agreement to Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias (currently owned by Merlin).

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BBVA and Anthemis invest in Spanish consumer electronics rental firm Wiserntr

The BBVA and Anthemis partnership led the first pre-seed funding for Wiserentr with an investment of one million euros.

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BBVA implements remote working indefinitely

The bank is one of the first large companies in Spain to indefinitely commit to remote working.

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BBVA is searching for newly-graduated women to join its investment banking division

The financial institution is launching the second edition of the BBVA CIB Female Graduate Training Program, an initiative to incorporate 20 fresh female graduates in the BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking area.

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BBVA invests $300m in Brazil's Neon

BBVA is investing $300 million in Neon, bringing the Spanish lender's stake in the Brazilian digital bank to just under 30%.

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BBVA reduces CO₂ emissions and energy consumption of its data center processors by 50% with IBM tech

BBVA has renewed the processors of its Data Processing Centers (DPC) in Spain and Mexico, with the help of IBM, to achieve significant energy and environmental improvements.

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BBVA to hire 200 staff for two new technology centres in Bilbao

BBVA will create 200 jobs in two years, with the launch of two technology centers in Bilbao.

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BBVA creates global software development unit

BBVA has created a global software development division that brings together more than 16,000 developers across the bank in an effort to speed up and better coordinate the delivery of digital services and products.