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BBVAMF wins the EQUALS in Tech Awards 2021 for reducing the gender digital divide

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) has been chosen, among 155 organizations from 56 countries, as the EQUALS in Tech 2021…

BBVA chairman visits entrepreneurs supported by BBVAMF, global leader in contribution to development in Latin America

The 2030 Agenda defines quality education as key to abandon poverty and achieve socioeconomic progress for the student and their…

Microentrepreneurs from Peru share their experience with BBVA chairman

Isabel Rivero and Iris Eliana Salazar are Peruvian women entrepreneurs who face daily struggles to drive their small businesses forward…

H.M. the Queen heads BBVAMF’s ‘Conectados por la oportunidad digital’

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) has celebrated ‘Conectados por la oportunidad digital’, to highlight the importance of driving a more…

BBVA Microfinance Foundation, top global contributor to gender equality initiatives according to the OECD

USD 595 million to support hundreds of thousands of women who thrive with small businesses in Latin America. This is…

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.