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300 Dominican mothers celebrate their special day with Banco Adopem

300 women fill one of the halls in Santo Domingo’s Jaragua Hotel; mothers who are determined to make themselves heard;…

The Queen visits a female entrepreneur of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation in the Dominican Republic who she met in Madrid

During an official visit with the Spanish Cooperation Agency in the Dominican Republic, the Queen has visited the organic banana…

Asobancaria highlights Bancamía’s initiative on financial education as a successful case example

Bancamía’s financial education program ‘Echemos Números’ (Let’s do the figures) has been highlighted among 12 successful cases recounting on banking initiatives.…

Bancamía advances financial inclusion in post-conflict territories

Bancamía expands its service coverage in Colombia with the opening of a new branch office in San Vicente del Caguán,…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation intervenes at the Google Cloud Summit Madrid as a successful case example

Google Cloud Summit took place today in Madrid where the technology company tackled the solutions it offers in the digital…

International Worker’s Day: recognizing credit officers who reach where nobody else does

Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and essayist…

BBVAMF and CAF come together to coordinate efforts for vulnerable entrepreneurs in Latin America

Javier M. Flores, CEO for BBVA Microfinance Foundation, met with Luis Carranza, president for CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, to…

The new roadmap of the international cooperation for development

“We have to be united, not to be together, but to do something together”- Donoso Cortés The Council of Ministers…

Banco Adopem presents the outcome of its Microfranchise Model for low-income women

Banco Adopem, together with the Multilateral Investment Fund– member of the Inter-American Development Bank– and Nestlé Dominicana, have presented the…

‘Somos FE’ the App that boosts entrepreneurship and advances progress

“If we use technology in the service of entrepreneurship and we democratize access so that it could be used as…

2018 marks another historical year in the journey towards gender equality

A lot has changed for women since 1947. A year where, for the first time, 15 government representatives convened, all…

Gender equality, essential in achieving economic development

The global fight for gender equality hoarded the spotlight during the past couple of months. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements…