Announcements & Releases for February 7, 2019
Fiserv unveils new digital mortgage product, giving credit unions a leg up With the $3 billion alternative data industry exploding, ...
Simple Looks to Get Back to Core Mission
Digital banking startup Simple has had an up and down ride the last few years; they were bought by BBVA in 2014 for $177mn ...
Will Banks be Ready for the Change to Banking as a Platform?
BBVA recently announced a banking platform in the U.S. complete with a full suite of products; business clients can gain access to more than ...
Will Traditional Banks Start Acquiring Fintech Banks?
We learned recently that UK digital bank, Atom Bank, is exploring new funding that could lead to a possible sale to BBVA; BBVA already owns ...
Announcements & Releases for November 26, 2018
Ohio Becomes First US State to Allow Taxes to Be Paid in Bitcoin Amazon Pay might go brick-and-mortar ...
BBVA and Anthemis Form Foundry Effort to help Startups Innovate
BBVA and Anthemis have teamed up on what they are calling a foundry effort to help startups develop, innovate and ultimately raise seed capital ...
Fintech Startup Aims to Correct Credit Reports
The company is called Upturn and just launched today; the company was both incubated by and is owned by BBVA’s New Digital Business unit which ...
BBVA Completes Syndicated Loan Which Could Transform the Market
BBVA recently completed a syndicated loan with BNP Paribas and MUFG which would normally take about two weeks but was completed significantly faster; the ...
Banks Complete First Syndicated Loan on Blockchain
Syndicated loans have been identified as a key use case for blockchain and now we hear the first deal has been consummated. Yesterday, Spanish bank ...
BBVA Launches Banking as a service Platform in the U.S.
BBVA announced they are offering a full suite of banking as a service products through their BBVA Open Platform; the platform helps third parties ...