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The Foundation publishes fifth issue of its legal magazine on the microfinance sector

The new issue of “Progreso: Responsible Finance for Inclusion and Development” includes an Editorial by Javier M. Flores Moreno, CEO…

FMO supports low income entrepreneurs in rural areas of Peru

The Dutch development bank, FMO, provides a USD 20 million loan facility to Financiera Confianza (Confianza) in Peru, an entity…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation takes part in the annual meeting of the European Venture Philanthropy Association

Claudio González-Vega, Chairman of the Trustees of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, said at the annual meeting of the European Venture…

Fondo Esperanza supports inmates in the Puente Alto prison in promoting their enterprises

The Preventive Detention Center in this community is the first penitentiary in the metropolitan region to sign an agreement with…

Financiera Confianza is chosen as the Most Innovative Bank for its promotion of formal savings in rural areas of the country

The award recognizes the bank’s role in bringing financial literacy training and the promotion of savings to 7,000 people in…

Banco Adopem’s livestock and agriculture credit contributes to the economic development of small farmers in the south of the Dominican Republic

Banco ADOPEM, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation in Development (AECID), and the CODESPA Foundation have extended the Agrocrédito project,…

Fondo Esperanza supports inmates in the IX Region in Chile to give them the opportunity to become entrepreneurs

Fondo Esperanza runs support programs for sectors of the Chilean population that are socially excluded and thus subject to greater…

IFC and Banco ADOPEM support 140,000 new loans for microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has signed an agreement to endow Banco ADOPEM…

Fondo Esperanza supports people on the streets to help them achieve social reinsertion through entrepreneurship

The alliance signed by Fondo Esperanza (FE) and Fundación Emplea one year ago has given people living on the streets…

Banco ADOPEM signs an agreement with the Universidad Nacional Evangélica to guarantee education loans for students

The savings and loan bank ADOPEM and the Universidad Nacional Evangélica (UNEV) have signed an education loan agreement to enable…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation is recognized by the UN for its contribution to the new Agenda for Sustainable Development

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation has been recognized by the United Nations Organization (UN) as one of the 13 private institutions…

The World Bank Group, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation and Bancamía organized a workshop on rural microinsurance for the agriculture and livestock sector

The areas of greatest poverty in Colombia are concentrated in the rural parts of the country. The workshop on rural…