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From the Colombian to Madrid countryside : in search of the perfect goat

Not much time has passed since the story of Astrid Orjuela became known as an example of how to overcome…

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…

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…

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…

Premic acknowledges BBVAMF’s work through its credit officers and entrepreneurs in Panama

Premic is an initiative that recognizes microentrepreneurship and has awarded Microserfin’s entrepreneurs and credit officers. Elías Orindo placed second in…

The BBVAMF presents its social performance evaluation system in Luxembourg

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation has presented its social performance evaluation system in the “Responsible Inclusive Finance 2018”, held on the…

A summer brimming with insights

When they read about the call for interns from the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, none of the five students doubted and…

MSMEs: the backbone of the Latin-American economy

On the outskirts of Lima, Lucy García, a BBVAMF entrepreneur, runs one of the micro-enterprises that, when combined with medium-sized…

World Refugee Day: Hope in the face of an uncertain future

Can you imagine having to leave your life behind in search of a safer and more promising one, not just…

Peru has already won the World Cup

It has been a very tough competition against Colombia, after beating Nigeria, Uruguay and Switzerland in a world cup designed…