Institutional Activity

Women’s exclusion from the digital world has withheld USD 1 trillion from low- and middle-income countries’ GDP

In the last decade, women’s exclusion from the digital world has deprived low- and middle- income countries of up to…

H.M. the Queen heads BBVAMF’s ‘Conectados por la oportunidad digital’

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) has celebrated ‘Conectados por la oportunidad digital’, to highlight the importance of driving a more…

What is the role of the private sector in the refugee crisis?

No other moment in history has ever seen this great flux of migrants. According to the United Nations High Commissioner…

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.…

Bancamía, committed to Venezuelan refugees

BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Colombian MFI is the first local banking institution to ally with The Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent),…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation together with the United Nations, promotes more just and inclusive societies

The SDG Fund’s latest report, “Business and the SDG 16: Contributing to peaceful, just and inclusive societies” examines the relationship…

BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s communications efforts in the SDG era, cited as an example at the OECD

Less than half of the european population has ever heard of the SDG, and out of them, only 12% is…

Fondo Esperanza takes part in the VIII Latin American Forum on Village Banks

Fondo Esperanza, the BBVAMF’s entity in Chile, took part in the VIII International Latin American Forum on Village Banking, celebrated…

Experts agree: universal access to financial services and supporting women will reduce poverty

Innovation and new technologies are key to accelerate financial inclusion

More than 80% of entrepreneurs from the BBVA Microfinance Foundation in Chile are women

In a country where microentrepreneurs represent a quarter of the labor force, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation promotes the economic and…

A better future for their children: the dream come true for women living on a Peruvian hilltop

To understand the reality of over 450,000 people served by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation in Peru, a visit to San…

Roadmap toward the empowerment of women underway. Primary goals: employment and education

There was no time to waste in these two weeks of debates and conferences of the 61st session of the Commission…