BBVA has integrated a new machine learning architecture into its data and AI platform with the help of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Spain-based multinational bank announced at AWS Summit.

The bank said its new machine learning operations framework has been integrated into ADA, the bank’s global analytics, data and AI platform, and will automate operational tasks and validation processes.

The architecture will facilitate the work of ADA’s more than 6,500 users, including the 1,000 data scientists who develop AI solutions at the bank. In pilot projects such as personalised recommendations for clients or financial forecasting, BBVA said, the solution reduced development times by between 20 and 75 per cent while dropping optimised infrastructure operational costs by 40 to 55 per cent.

The bank added that the framework automates validation, traceability, and control processes, which it said enables the “safe transition of models into production” and keep the bank’s review and approval processes intact. It also incorporates an audit trail to ensure the system is compliant with relevant security and transparency standards for financial services.

Natalia Sampietro, part of the data and analytics enablement team at BBVA, said: “Artificial intelligence only creates real value when it can be scaled industrially across the entire organization.

"The new MLOps architecture gives us a competitive advantage to accelerate the transformation of our internal operations and deliver secure and transparent AI solutions to our customers more quickly.”

This is not the bank’s first foray into enterprise AI. In December last year, BBVA announced a rollout of OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise to all its 120,000 employees as part of a multi-year strategic AI transformation.

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