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The first microfinance bank in Colombia, established by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, celebrates ten years fostering the development of more than 1 million people in vulnerable situations

The role of microfinance in Colombia, the challenges and opportunities of the sector’s digitization and the importance of supporting women’s…

What about you? How would you define poverty?

One year ago, the UN Development Program (UNDP) asked this question to various people on the street. Poverty is not just…

“Rural women, when given equal opportunities as men, achieve immediate social and economic progress”

United Nations celebrates the International Rural Women’s Day every October 15th

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…

Banco Adopem holds workshop on financial literacy for young Dominicans

Banco Adopem, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s MFI in the Dominican Republic, held a workshop on financial literacy for the youth,…

BBVAMF and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) meet in Madrid to discuss about rural development in America

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation welcomed the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, in…

Bancamía’s new recruitment process proves to be successful as it becomes more innovative and inclusive, causing more motivation and lower turnover rate

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation and Bancamía, its institution in Colombia, have reduced staff turnover to less than half. In 2016,…

Banco Adopem encourages entrepreneurship among the youth in Dominican Republic

More than 50,000 people approached Banco Adopem for the first time in 2017. BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Dominican institution disbursed microcredits…

Microserfin serves more than 17,500 economically vulnerable entrepreneurs in Panama

According to the latest Social Performance Report published by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, Microserfin, its Panamanian MFI, maintains its focus…

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…

Mercedes Canalda is the new president of the Central American and Caribbean Microfinance Network (REDCAMIF)

Mercedes Canalda, executive president for BBVAMF’s Dominican institution (Banco Adopem), takes over the presidency of the Central American and Caribbean…