Microinsurance: social and health protection for less than a euro per month The pandemic has shown the importance of having insurance to cover hospital expenses, temporary unemployment or death. These unexpected expenditures…
The BBVA Microfinance Foundation at the United Nations CSW66 During the 66th edition of United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women, Laura Fernández Lord, BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s head…
Microentrepreneurs from Peru share their experience with BBVA chairman Isabel Rivero and Iris Eliana Salazar are Peruvian women entrepreneurs who face daily struggles to drive their small businesses forward…
Microfinance expert and BBVAMF trustee, Claudio González-Vega, shares the Foundation’s experience in the book “The Future of Microfinance” In “The Future of Microfinance”, Claudio González-Vega reviews the building blocks of BBVAMF, who not only seeks to improve the…
Relationship banking model in times of physical distancing The COVID-19 health crisis has challenged the essence of microfinance: the relationship banking model. Since the beginning of the pandemic,…
BBVA Microfinance Foundation leads international financing for development, second to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The ranking, elaborated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and presented today in Paris, is based on…
BBVAMF and Water.org join forces to facilitate access to water and sanitation to vulnerable people To celebrate International Toilet Day, every 19th of November, the United Nations increases awareness on the urgency to advance in…
Yamile Salazar stitches bridges, word by word There are lots of ways to build bridges, but there is no stronger way to do it than with words.…
“Passion: a quality shared by women entrepreneurs,” María José Jordá, head of Digital & Customer Experience Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is a United States government program that runs in 26 countries. It seeks to train women…
What does having “good financial health” mean? Have you ever taken out a loan to meet your expenses? Did you take out insurance the last time you…
10 Spanish students travel to Latin America to learn about the value of microfinance Día Internacional de la Juventud
BBVAMF, acknowledged at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence, as part of BBVA’s CSR BBVA has won the ‘World’s Best Bank for Financial Inclusion’ category at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence, for making…