Spain

News

Google Wallet Now Enables Supervised Payments for Kids

As more and more kids get payment cards, Google Wallet updates its functionality to enable in-store cashless payments for those youngest generation representatives who received parental consent.

Blockchain & Crypto

BBVA to Offer Bitcoin and Ether Services in Spain

One of Spain’s largest banks, BBVA, got approval from the local financial regulator to handle crypto trading orders. The bank is now preparing to offer these services to retail customers, initially focusing on Bitcoin and Ether.

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Imperia Raises Funds to Expand Supply Chain Management Software

The Spanish company Imperia has raised more than 10 million euros (about $10.5 million) as part of a Series A financing round to fuel the international expansion of its supply chain management software.

Science & Technology

Spain to Grant $155 Million to Help Companies Develop AI

The Spanish government intends to support the development of artificial intelligence, which is another example of the importance of AI as an advanced technology of modernity.

News

Revolut 2025 Vision Features AI Assistant, Mortgages, Branded ATMs, and More

Revolut unveiled its 2025 product roadmap which includes a smart in-app AI companion, digital mortgages, branded ATMs and a suite of business-oriented products.

News

Kfund Raises $75 Million

The Spanish venture capital company Kfund reported that it managed to raise $75 million in investment funds.

Fintech & Ecommerce

FreedomPay Expands to Spain After Redsys Certification

FreedomPay has reached an important milestone of getting integrated certification from Redsys, a Spanish payments processing provider, which enables the company to offer its commerce platform to Spanish merchants.

News

Spain’s Central Bank Chooses Partners for CBDC Project

Cecabank, Abanca and Adhara Blockchain will experiment with central bank digital currency (CBDC), testing different use cases within the pilot of the wholesale CBDC by Spain’s central bank (Banco de España).

Blockchain & Crypto

Registered Crypto Firms Surge 56% in Spain

Several international platforms, such as Revolut, Bitpanda, Crypto.com and Vivid, have joined the list of registered crypto providers in Spain in 2023.

Fintech & Ecommerce

EVO Banco Uses AI and Google Maps to Visualize Purchases and Check Their Sustainability

Spanish EVO Banco has launched a new AI-enabled geolocation service to track digital purchases, automatically categorize them and view the sustainability footprint of all merchants involved.

News

Huawei Challenges 5G State Aid Rules in Spain

Huawei Technologies has published the rules of the Spanish government, the complexity of compliance with which may become a barrier for this Chinese equipment manufacturer to become a competitive applicant for state aid.

News

Coinbase Registers With the Bank of Spain

The registration as a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian wallet provider will allow Coinbase to offer a full suite of products and services to retail and institutional users in Spain

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Spain Analizes Saudi Telecom’s Plan to Become Telefonica SA’s Largest Shareholder

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that the government of this country is currently studying the prospects for the implementation of the intention of Saudi Telecom to become the largest shareholder of Telefonica SA.

News

EToro Launches Fintech Portfolio, Gets Spanish License

Crypto trading and investing platform eToro has introduced a portfolio offering long-term exposure to leading fintech companies, while also achieving an important legal milestone

Fintech & Ecommerce

CaixaBank Launches Virtual Account FX Service

The new FXWallets service by CaixaBank provides business customers with virtual accounts to send and receive international payments in multiple currencies

Fintech & Ecommerce

Modulr Expands Embedded Payments Offerings to France and Spain

Modulr has expanded the geography of the application of its offer for instant payments.