July 2018

Banco ADOPEM, the first microfinance institution in Dominican Republic, celebrates its 36th anniversary

Banco Adopem lacks no reason for celebration: it ranks number one in the Savings & Loans Banks sector, it is…

Technology and entrepreneurship, a recipe for success

If anyone had told Cristian Águila a few years ago that his life could be changed by some stones, he…

Financiera Confianza invests in mobile technology to combat rural poverty

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s institution in Peru serves more than half a million entrepreneurs nationwide

54% of the microentrepreneurs served by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, through Bancamía, cross the poverty threshold on the third year

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF), which operates in Colombia through Bancamía, has presented its Social Performance Report today, at the…

Renowned international economist and development expert Ana Revenga joins the Board of Trustees of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation

Ana Revenga is a renowned Spanish economist, expert in development policies and poverty reduction, inclusive growth and equality, employment and…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation presents Social Performance Report in Colombia

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s 2017 Social Performance Report “Measuring what really matters” outlines the activity data as well as the…

Technology and microfinance to fight rural poverty

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation will present its 2017 Social Performance Report “Measuring what really matters”, and how technology contributes to…

Technology: main topic at the 9th Asomicrofinanzas Conference in Colombia

This year, the Colombian Association of Microfinance Institutions (Asomicrofinanzas) held its conference in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) under the title…

BBVAMF discusses new microfinance technologies at the service of development

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation has recently participated in a workshop in Alicante that tackled how new technologies could impact on…

Growing strawberries to build a future

In the indigenous language of the Mapuches, rucapangue means “puma’s lair”. It is also the name of a rural Chilean…

Carlos Torres Vila witnesses BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s digital strategy in situ

Applications like Bancamía Digital or Banca Móvil, make the lives of the 900,000 entrepreneurs served by the Foundation in Colombia…

SPTF Case Study: How Fondo Esperanza Uses Outcomes Data to Drive Performance

In a time when anecdotal stories of client improvement do not provide sufficient insight, organizations turn to outcomes data for…