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The BBVA Microfinance Foundation facilitates access to health insurance for low-income women

In Latin America, approximately 30% of the population have no access to healthcare due to the lack of financial resources…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation once again leads private philanthropy for development, next to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF), once again leads in Latin America in the contribution to development and ranks second worldwide…

Digitization for financial inclusion: expanding outreach to those who need it the most

Committed to the sustainable development of people living invulnerable conditions and who have greatly suffered from the pandemic’s consequences in…

BBVAMF’s entity in Chile is the first microfinance institution to issue a social commercial paper in the market

Today, Fondo Esperanza, a BBVAMF affiliate, announced its inaugural social commercial paper issuance under the 500.000 UF (Chilean Unit of…

H.M. the Queen chairs BBVAMF’s event to draw attention on women’s efforts to withstand the pandemic

Today, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation celebrated the event ‘Unstoppable women: challenges  and achievements to reinvent in times of crisis’, to…

BBVAMF’s microfinance institutions share their experience in advancing women’s financial inclusion and digitization

BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) and its institutions (MFIs) operating in five Latin American countries shared their best practices and lessons…

BBVAMF’s Colombian institution and IFC (World Bank Group) join forces to support Venezuelan immigrants

According to Migración Colombia, as of 30th of June, the country registered more than 1.76 million Venezuelan immigrants.

Microfinance expert and BBVAMF trustee, Claudio González-Vega, shares the Foundation’s experience in the book “The Future of Microfinance”

In “The Future of Microfinance”, Claudio González-Vega reviews the building blocks of BBVAMF, who not only seeks to improve the…

OECD publishes new development cooperation profiles, which amounted to USD 152.8 bn in 2019

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published the development cooperation profiles of countries who are members of the…

25 organizations and institutions launch campaign to empower rural, indigenous and afro descendent women in the face of the pandemic

58 million women live in rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean; most of them play an important role…

More than 170,000 farmers in Latin America receive the support of BBVA Microfinance Foundation

According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 18% of the population in Latin America live…

The institutions of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation disbursed $ 1.6 billion in microcredits to vulnerable entrepreneurs in Latin America in 2019

In Latin America, 186 million people live in poverty, according to ECLAC data, and 203 million are excluded from the…