Von Neumann, the Smartest Person of the 20th Century (2022)

https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/leading-figures/von-neumann-the-smartest-person-of-the-20th-century/

BBVA is poised to end a year marked by record earnings and major progress toward its global strategy. This year, the Group has launched a digital bank in Germany and begun local operations in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. It has also raised its sustainable business target for 2029 to €700 billion, rolled out a new, simpler, and more personalized app in Spain and Mexico, and entered into a ground-breaking agreement with OpenAI to redefine banking through artificial intelligence.

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Annual General Meeting

BBVA shareholders showed overwhelming support for all of the items proposed on the agenda at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, held this Friday. Quorum for the meeting reached 72.9 percent– an all-time high. The bank’s corporate management in 2024 received the support of 98.9 percent of the shareholders. Furthermore, the re-election as board members of BBVA Chair, Carlos Torres Vila, and CEO, Onur Genç, was backed by 97.4 percent and 99.1 percent of the votes, respectively.

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