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Financiera Confianza has succeeded in helping 27% of its underprivileged customers rise out of poverty

Financiera Confianza is a leading company in the microfinance sector with half a million customers and a wide network of…

Microserfin, the only Panamanian institution in the “Microfinance Americas ranking: The Top 100 for 2014”

The annual ranking of the leading Microfinance Institutions (MFI) in Latin America and the Caribbean –”Microfinance Americas: The Top 100…

Banco ADOPEM, fifth best microfinance institution in Latin America and the Caribbean in the top 100 ranking

With the loan from Banco Adopem, Andrés Avelino Lara bought an electric oven and increased his production of cakes. He…

The Foundation launches a quarterly publication on legal news in the microfinance sector

The newsletter “Progreso: Finance for Inclusion and Development” reports on the industry’s legal development and highlights the legislative and regulatory trends,…

Financiera Confianza is the first private institution to lead a savings program in Peruvian rural areas

Juana Hanco Quispe (25 years old) is one of the clients served by Financiera Confianza through Ahorro para Todos (Savings…

Low-income Colombians can save

On World Savings Day –which takes place every 31 October– Bancamía takes stock of its positive contribution to raising awareness…

Fondo Esperanza participates in the forum of experts on the challenges facing entrepreneurship in Chile

Some of the tasks facing the microfinance sector in Chile include raising the visibility of this group of entrepreneurs in…

Entrepreneurship as a tool for overcoming poverty: assessment by Bancamía

On the “International Day for the Eradication of Poverty”, Bancamía takes stock of its record in improving the living standards…

Microserfin trains over 150 farmers

Training of farmers in Panama thanks to Ruralfin.

In six years, Bancamía’s customer base has grown by 300%

Bancamía, launched on 14 October 2008, was the first bank in the country dedicated exclusively to offering a wide range…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation and the General Secretary for International Cooperation in Development sign a framework agreement

2,500 million adults in the world do not own a bank account.

People living in the street can now become entrepreneurs thanks to an alliance between Fondo Esperanza and Emplea

The agreement signed between both institutions will enable a greater number of people to benefit from the integrated service of…