BBVA Leads Fresh Investment to Scale Olea’s Digital Supply Chain Finance Platform

BBVA Leads Fresh Investment to Scale Olea’s Digital Supply Chain Finance Platform

(IN BRIEF) BBVA has led a $30 million funding round in Olea, a digital platform specialising in supply chain finance, strengthening its role as a strategic partner and accelerating Olea’s global growth. The investment deepens a collaboration that combines BBVA’s international banking capabilities with Olea’s technology-driven approach to trade finance, integrating artificial intelligence, data analytics and blockchain. The transaction enhances BBVA’s reach in Asia and across major global trade corridors while expanding its ability to offer scalable, end-to-end trade finance solutions worldwide. Building on a strategic alliance signed earlier in 2025, the deal underscores BBVA’s commitment to innovation, digitalisation and sustainability in global trade finance.

(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 16-Dec-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — BBVA has taken the lead in a $30 million investment round in Olea, a technology-driven platform focused on modernising supply chain finance. By anchoring the funding round, BBVA reinforces its position as a long-term strategic partner to Olea and signals its commitment to scaling digital trade finance solutions globally. Additional investors in the round include XDC Network, theDock and SC Ventures, the innovation and venture arm of Standard Chartered.

The transaction deepens the existing commercial and technological relationship between BBVA and Olea, enabling both organisations to accelerate the development of digital tools that improve how global trade is financed. Olea’s platform integrates artificial intelligence, advanced data analytics and blockchain technology to streamline risk assessment, increase transparency and enhance liquidity across international supply chains.

A key strategic benefit of the investment is the strengthening of BBVA’s trade finance capabilities in Asia, a region that plays a critical role in global commerce and in the international expansion of many of the bank’s corporate clients. By embedding Olea’s solutions into its offering, BBVA expands its execution capacity across major trade corridors linking Asia, Europe and the Americas, providing faster and more flexible coverage for complex cross-border transactions.

The funding round also represents an important step in completing BBVA’s global trade finance value proposition. Olea’s digital infrastructure adds new operational and technological capabilities that can be deployed across BBVA’s international network, supporting the bank’s strategy to deliver scalable, end-to-end trade finance solutions adapted to increasingly complex global supply chains.

This investment builds on the strategic alliance established between BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking and Olea in June 2025. Since then, the partnership has enabled BBVA to broaden its supply chain finance offering and co-develop digital solutions tailored to companies navigating volatile markets, fragmented logistics networks and evolving regulatory requirements.

Since its launch, Olea has facilitated more than $3 billion in financing for over 1,000 clients operating across more than 70 trade corridors. By combining institutional-grade financial expertise with a digital-native architecture, Olea aims to create a more efficient, accessible and sustainable trade finance ecosystem. Through this latest investment, BBVA further consolidates its leadership in digital trade finance and reinforces its role in connecting global liquidity with real-economy trade flows.

SOURCE: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.