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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

News/payments

CaixaBank helps Covid-19-hit retailers sell over social media

Spain's CaixaBank has moved to help retailers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic through the launch of technology that enables them to sell over social networks and messaging applications.

01 April 2020

Company announcement/covid-19

CaixaBank to cancel rent payments on the homes it owns during the state of alert

CaixaBank, headed by Chairman Jordi Gual and Chief Executive Officer Gonzalo Gortázar, continues to help its customers and, as of April this year, will offer rental payment holiday to the eligible tenants of the homes owned by its subsidiary BuildingCenter.

25 March 2020

Company announcement/retail

CaixaBank introduces information system for branch appointments for the over-65s

CaixaBank, chaired by Jordi Gual and with Gonzalo Gortázar as its CEO, has decided to bring forward state pension payments to this Friday, 20 March, and implement a special information system for appointments for the over-65s who want to draw on their pensions, as well as to make any payments over the coming days.

23 March 2020

Company announcement

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and CaixaBank release mobile app for football fans

CaixaBank, Spain’s leading retail bank, and RCD Espanyol de Barcelona have joined forces to make the RCDE stadium the first cashless stadium in Spain.

10 February 2020

News/startups

CaixaBank partners Plug and Play to back Spanish fintech startups

CaixaBank has teamed up with Silicon Valley-based innovation platform Plug and Play on a Spanish fintech startup programme.

27 January 2020