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Sustainable, rural housing for the vulnerable population

Almost 3 billion people around the world, approximately 40% of the global population, will need housing by 2030. They will…

Education loan, an opportunity to access higher studies at university

Learning basic financial concepts helps plan the future and promote savings. When young people and adolescents receive this training, they…

The challenge of bringing MSMEs into the formal economy, discussed

This global challenge was the topic of the address given by Mercedes Canalda, Executive President of Banco Adopem during the…

Banco Adopem, acknowledged for its contribution to the SDG

The Dominican institution of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation has been declared finalist in the CODESPA Awards 20th Edition, which was…

Banco Adopem acknowledges its employees’ commitment

In recognition of its staff’s excellent performance, the Dominican MFI of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, Banco Adopem, has held its…

Banco Adopem boosts its ‘Finanzas Rurales y Ambiente’ (Rural and Environmental Finance) program nationwide

Banco Adopem, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation institution in the Dominican Republic, is extending its “Finanzas Rurales y Ambiente” (Rural and…

Banco Adopem hosts a Christmas celebration with entrepreneurs

As a part of its Christmas celebrations, the Dominican institution of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation organized a gathering with the…

Adopem’s entrepreneurs reap huge success at Premic 2018

Four entrepreneurs with the Dominican institution of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation won awards at the 14th edition of Premic, in…

“Savings in Latin America and the Caribbean help overcome any crisis,” says executive president of Banco Adopem

During the recent World Savings Day, executive president for Banco Adopem, Mercedes Canalda, spoke of the importance of saving, as…

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,…

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…

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…