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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…

Bancamía, an institution of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation and She Is Foundation sign a partnership to support female victims of the armed conflict

According to official data (Registro Único de Víctimas), currently there are more than 8.5 million victims of armed conflict; 4.6…

BBVA Microfinance Foundation joins FAO’s campaign to empower women in rural Latin America

The campaign entitled “#RuralWomen, women with rights” seeks to give visibility to women’s achievements and challenges towards full autonomy in…

BBVA Microfinance Foundation measures its contribution to the SDG through the progress of the 2 million entrepreneurs it serves

Technology, women's empowerment and rural development are key to improve entrepreneurship in Latin America

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…

Banco ADOPEM, the first microfinance institution in Dominican Republic, celebrates its 36th anniversary

Banco Adopem lacks no reason for celebration: it ranks number one in the Savings & Loans Banks sector, it is…

Financiera Confianza invests in mobile technology to combat rural poverty

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s institution in Peru serves more than half a million entrepreneurs nationwide

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…