BBVA FX traders are now using the Progress Apama platform along with its customised dashboards to view and trade across aggregated liquidity from a number of Banks and FX ECNs. Alongside increased trader effectiveness, the FX aggregator is also enabling BBVA to use the Progress Apama platform to power advanced FX algorithms and optimized real-time FX prices for their internal and external customers.

BBVA chose the Progress Apama platform because of Progress Software's extensive experience in the FX market, gained through numerous successful deployments of the FX Aggregation Accelerator with Tier 1 and Tier 2 banks. BBVA was also impressed by the flexibility, performance and scalability of the Apama platform, powered by the market-leading Apama Complex Event Processing (CEP) engine. Finally, the comprehensive set of Apama adapters that provide connectivity to FX ECN and Bank platforms, including support for Spot and Forward FX liquidity discovery and dealing, positioned the Apama products as the stand-out choice compared to other vendors' Application and Platform offerings.

Javier Fernandez, BBVA's head of FX trading said, "The FX market is a strong growth area for us and one in which we plan to make giant strides. Progress Software's technology has delivered great value to BBVA. The solid and stable platform provides benefits such as access to broader and deeper visibility of market activity. At the same time, the platform provides a solution offering flexibility, connectivity and performance, which enables us to significantly expand our foreign exchange customer base."

The Apama implementation is now live in production across BBVA FX desks in Spain with plans to extend this to other trading centers in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia over the ensuing 18 months. Traders are able to trade using a single screen showing liquidity from any FX venue, including ECNs and banks, launch and parameterise algorithms to make instant tradiing decisions, and enhance profitability by generating the best prices for their clients while minimizing risk.

Dr. John Bates, chief technology officer and Apama co-founder, Progress Software , commented, "Over the last few years, Foreign Exchange market fragmentation has increased with the creation of new FX trading venues. The drive of algorithmic trading and pricing continues to influence FX, and its growing popularity created a need for greater algorithm differentiation in the face of increased competition. We have seen tremendous interest in our FX Aggregation accelerator from a large number of firms who, like BBVA, require a single, yet customisable view of the entire liquidity landscape. With Progress Software's technology, customers can meet their business needs of access to the entire market from a single trading screen, achieve greater visibility for traders, launch algorithms to take advantage of this visibility and price FX highly effectively. Ultimately these capabilities yield a more profitable and efficient business."