Technology & Social Media Archive

The onward march of blockchain technology took another major step after BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank, negotiated a €150 mn ($171 mn) loan deal with Porsche – Europe’s largest car distributor – via the technology. Not only is this the first acquisition loan, but it is also the first time BBVA has created a long-term, strategic loan deal with a non-Spanish company. In April this year, BBVA claimed to be the first bank in the world to use blockchain ba...

To win one IR Magazine Award is an accomplishment, but to win three is something of a major achievement. This is exactly what Banco Santander did at this year’s IR Magazine Awards – Europe, picking up three trophies: for best investor event (joint winner with Hugo Boss), best IR during a corporate transaction and best use of multimedia. That’s an im...

IR Magazine has a long history of honoring those men, women and companies around the world that excel at investor relations. In celebration of 30 years of IR Magazine, we selected 30 IR stars that have shone particularly brightly over the past three decades and will be posting one profile each day for 30 days, giving you the gift of an IR advent calendar.  At China Tel...

If you see a fax number on someone’s business card these days, your eyebrows may begin to rise. While not completely out of use, the fax machine is more and more a conspicuous anomaly in any office that continues to house one. Back in the late 1980s, however, when IR Magazine first rolled off the presses, this piece of kit played a central role in the lives of IROs. ‘Believe it or not, the earnings release would basically go out via fax,’ says Mickey Foster, vice pre...