BBVA, one of the most progressive financial institutions in the world, launches the 11th edition of the world’s biggest FinTech Competitions – BBVA Open Talent 2019. BBVA Open Talent[1] is an international competition that specializes in the FinTech sector and looks for solutions with the most disruptive potential in the industry. The competition’s focus is on identifying solutions that improve the way people and companies manage their finances.
This year, the bank is looking to partner with early-stage FinTech startups from across the world, which could bring value to its existing ecosystem through disruption.
Areas of Interest
“We are looking to innovate, to connect with new initiatives, to find new ways of taking on the future challenges facing the financial sector, and to discover the FinTech solutions with the most disruptive potential in the financial services industry. We want to find the best business ideas to revolutionize the way people and companies manage their data and their money.” – BBVA Open Talent[2]
What Really Dazzles BBVA About a Startup?
According to Ainhoa Campo Nieto, Global Head of Open Innovation, “Over the past ten years, we have seen some fantastic businesses participate in Open Talent and go on to become real successes. As the competition enters its second decade, our focus is on identifying and rewarding businesses that are not only great innovators in their own right, but that are putting forward solutions to the big strategic and commercial challenges that banking and financial services are grappling with as the industry undergoes a digital transformation revolution, and developing products and services that address
