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BBVA in Switzerland: a benchmark among private banks in developing digital solutions

BBVA’s presence in Switzerland dates back 25 years – a quarter century during which the bank has accompanied its clients, advising them on the management of their wealth and the diversification of their investments. It’s the only bank in the BBVA Group devoted exclusively to private banking, offering a superb value proposition in international asset management. Read More

what factors affect stock market prices?

The volatility on the stock markets produces some alarm among investors who are speculating about the causes of the falls. Many clients have called us and expressed typical concerns regarding these events. Hence, in the Markets Department at BBVA in Switzerland we feel it would be interesting to explain what factors affect stock market prices. Read More

New portfolio summary for clients of BBVA in Switzerland

From March onwards BBVA in Switzerland clients will have a new and improved portfolio summary and appraisal at their disposal. Our aim is to place the Bank in our clients’ hands and this implies understanding what they need; this initiative is a clear example of this. Read More

User guide for digital signature

This briefly user guide will help you to complete all steps to get a digital signature in your documents with BBVA in Switzerland. Read More

What does a company need in order to be successful in this new digital environment?

The keys a company needs to be successful in the digital environment: raw material—data—and the other two are human factors—intelligence and innovation. Article written by Elena Alfaro, Head of Customer Solutions Analytics & Open Innovation, and Juan Murillo, Head of Analytics Dissemination and Data for Social Good at BBVA Data & Analytics. Read More

BBVA Results 4Q17

Fintech trends for 2018

2018 will be a year of consolidations and technologies trends. Retail stock exchange investment will be a widespread practice; purely online banking will be something that more and more citizens think about, and emerging companies will continue to use cryptocurrency, especially in the ethereum network, to raise funds, as well as other altcoins or alternative digital currencies. Read More

What to expect from the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos

The World Economic Forum was founded in 1971 following a proposal by Klaus Schwab, a Swiss business professor, to create a space to analyze and find solutions to global problems. Year after year, political leaders, business personalities and intellectuals have picked up the gauntlet. The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting has become one of the world’s most important centers of social and economic debate. In 2018, the WEF wants to take another step and establish itself as a space for “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World,” as its theme says. Read More

Discover the 10 keys to good health

Our commitment to our clients’ good health is one of our priorities. We want to begin the year with the keys to leading a healthy life. Read More

Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) vs. traditional sovereign bonds

In this survey we shall try to identify the main differences between traditional sovereign bonds and Treasury inflation-protected securities (or TIPS), and to do so we shall focus on the US market, although the conclusions may be extrapolated to other key markets such as Germany, the UK, etc. Read More

How emotions affect investment decisions?

Our emotions influence our decisions. It is vital therefore that we analyse how emotions impact investment decisions, and according to our investor advice and the favourable market indicators, we can reach success when investing. Read More

Alfonso Gómez, CEO BBVA in Switzerland: “2018 is the year of the best experience for our clients”

We begin 2018 focussing our strategy on a priority target: Offering you the best experience as Private Banking clients of BBVA in Switzerland. Read More

Investing in art: the traditional advice

BBVA offers its private banking clients access to the best art advisory service in the world, to help them develop their taste and passion within the most promising sectors of the art market. But, what does art advisory really entail? Read More

Positive indicators for 2018

Joaquín García Huerga, Global Strategy Director from BBVA Asset Management, pick out from their management their forecast for economies and markets at 2018. Read More

Private banking: educating the next generation of customers

BBVA Global Wealth held the seventh edition of its ‘Next Generation’ Madrid program, intended for second generations of Private Banking customers. The purpose of the program is to bring value to customers’ families, providing them with a specific educational experience. Read More

Zurich, Christmas Swiss style

Excitement about Christmas is evident in a very special way in Zurich, the Swiss financial capital. A visitor strolling through the city in December can enjoy the characteristic Christmas makeover of this attractive metropolis. Read More

Business and sport II – Crossfit

In recent years, we have seen how gyms known as “boxes” have sprung in many cities the world over for practising a relatively new sporting discipline called Crossfit. What lies behind this success? There are several reasons, but to be able to understand it, we need to explain what this sport consists of. Read More

The force is strong with you

We've launched a new cinema section in BBVA.ch. The cinema industry flawlessly combine technology breakthroughs, art and financial engineering. This is why this section carries an unique space in our web. Welcome to cinema. Welcome to the Swiss experience in BBVA. Read More

User guide for mobile banking App

This guide will quickly and safely help you to carry on with the installation, in order to have our bank in your hands. Read More

New mobile App for BBVA in Switzerland

The mobile App from BBVA in Switzerland is the materialization of our dedication to making technology available to our clients. We welcome you to mobile banking. Read More

BBVA, the first private bank in Switzerland to offer its clients the digital signature service

BBVA in Switzerland has just become the first private financial institution in the country to offer its clients the digital signature service, which facilitates the management and signing of documents and provides an improved customer experience. Read More

A world with clean energy

Different opinions exist regarding the causes of climate change: Some experts state that temperature increases are a normal part of the Earth’s cycle, whilst others interpret this phenomenon as man’s doing. Read More

Great moment for the global growth

Jorge Sicilia, Chief Economist of BBVA Group and Managing Director of BBVA Research, explains the keys why global growth stands at its greatest moment since the last ten years and provides a regional forecast. Read More

The Mesopotamian art of modernism at the Fundació Miró

The origin of man and early civilisations have always been a source of inspiration for artists in their works. Hence Mesopotamia has attracted the attention of modern artists who have let finds from this ancient region contemporary to their time inspire their creations. Read More

Cryptocurrencies: benefits and risks of virtual currencies

2017 has been the year of cryptocurrencies: More than 300 new virtual currencies have been created. Bringing their total to over 900. In other words, the number of virtual currencies in the world more than triples the number of conventional, state-issued currencies, which according to the UN currently stand at 180. Read More

Demographic growth, key factor for inflation

The authorities, the various institutions and investors are surprised and wonder what is causing inflation in developed countries has remained at all-time lows since the outbreak of the crisis in 2008. Read More

Economic fragility despite of positive figures

Most of the developed countries continue publishing positive macroeconomic figures and those reflecting growth and economic activity in particular. This could have an important effect on the trend in global financial asset prices. Read More

The future of banking

If we asked someone aged 40 to 50 which technological changes had marked their childhood and youth, they would say the arrival of colour TV, the Walkman and later on CD’s were the great changes. These changes seem distant; what is more, a person from another generation would not even know what we are talking about, but these were the early days of digitisation. Read More

e-Banking: The customer experience

Last Friday, the Business Development team presented to the entire Bank the Digital Projects Agenda that it is developing in co-ordination with other teams taking part in the transformation at BBVA in Switzerland. Their ongoing projects include nine innovative proposals that are going to enable us to improve the experience… Read More

BBVA Results 3Q17