Announced years ago by the Tech Barcelonathe project to convert the building of the Barcelona Stock Exchange in a financial hub He has a new captain. He Government of the Generalitat has announced this Tuesday that it is beginning to move the strings to tender in July five of the ten floors that the property has and that the highest bidder turns them into a space to develop businesses associated with technological finance.
The objective details the Ministry of Economy and Hisenda in a statement, is that companies linked to the financial services, be they ‘startups’ or divisions of already consolidated companies. And that businesses associated with the fintechthe ‘insurtech’, he venture capitalthe digital paymentsthe investment platformsthe cybersecurity…
In parallel, the Generalitat also seeks that the Swiss company Six (who, as owner of BMEthe operator of the Spanish stock market, manages the rest of the building’s floors) take you to Barcelona other technological divisions of the company. This would result in the goal of converting the building into a development space associated with finance.
A bag to match
visiting Zurich, the Minister of Economy, Natalia Mas Guix has met with Six’s management to address these issues. The project, it has assured, has two objectives.
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“On the one hand, promoting a ‘hub’ that puts Barcelona on the map of the new financial services that are proliferating thanks to new technologies,” says the head of this department. “On the other, that Catalonia can count on a bag and a equity market at the height of his economic potential“, it is finished.
The plants managed by the Generalitat add up to a total of 3,130 square meters that had been occupied until 2020 by the Department of Economy. Since then, the Government has carried out works to condition the space, which is now ready to be occupied by the winner of the contest that will take place in July.