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TechvisionAugust 1 2014

Banco Sabadell innovation chief gets head start on Google Glass

Banco Sabadell is trailblazing when it comes to harnessing Google’s Glass technology – a wearable headset that links users to the internet. Jane Cooper talks to the bank’s head of innovation, Pol Navarro, and asks, is this the future of banking?
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Banco Sabadell innovation chief gets head start on Google Glass

Creating an app for a gadget that has not yet been released to the general public is forward thinking and perhaps even downright unusual when it happens inside a bank.

Banco Sabadell, the sixth largest bank in Spain by Tier 1 capital, is the first bank in the world to unveil its app for the Google Glass headset. And although the app has been functional and available for download for months, the bank’s customers in Spain are still waiting for Google’s wearable technology to hit the streets.

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