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Women are doing more with fewer resources: How much progress has been made in 30 years?

30 years have passed since the Beijing Declaration, the major international agreement that marked a turning point in the fight…

BBVAMF, Platinum Award at the Global SME Finance Awards for supporting SMEs through innovative financing

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (FMBBVA) has received the Platinum Award, the highest distinction, in the category of “SME Financier of…

BBVA Microfinance Foundation and UNDP join forces to reduce poverty in Latin America

Multidimensional poverty affects 1.1 billion people in more than 100 countries around the world, of which more than 33 million…

The BBVAMF fosters support for vulnerable women during the United Nations CSW 68

Latin American ministers and experts on women and development have shared solutions to speed up gender equality in an event…

H.M. the Queen presides over the event to celebrate the BBVAMF’s 15th anniversary, with the première of the documentary “After the rain”

BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) turns 15 years old, supporting millions of people as they improve their lives. It celebrated this…

BBVAMF’s entity in Chile is the first microfinance institution to issue a social commercial paper in the market

Today, Fondo Esperanza, a BBVAMF affiliate, announced its inaugural social commercial paper issuance under the 500.000 UF (Chilean Unit of…

“Chile Comparte” (Chile Shares) at the right moment to deliver aid to the most vulnerable

The COVID-19 health crisis is a challenge for society, but the most affected are those with less resources. Because of…

More than 80% of the 124,000 entrepreneurs served by Fondo Esperanza are women

Microenterprises generate over 3,000,000 jobs in Chile –around 40% of national employment– according to the latest survey by the National…

A reward-filled week for the BBVA Microfinance Group

The origins of the word “reward” can be traced back to the old French term reguard, which means “to regard…

Fondo Esperanza will award thirty thousand entrepreneurs throughout Chile

This year, BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Chilean institution, Fondo Esperanza (FE), will acknowledge the merit of over thirty thousand entrepreneurs in…

Microfinance improves women’s income and reduces gender gap

According to BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Social Performance Report, which includes results from its Chilean institutions Fondo Esperanza and Emprende MF,…

Fondo Esperanza’s ‘Somos FE’ App now reaches more entrepreneurs

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Chilean institution, Fondo Esperanza, launched ‘Somos FE’: an innovative mobile app early this year, and which…