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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…

Government Assistance and new loans to cope with the current crisis

Their relationship banking model makes it easier for BBVAMF to reach the most vulnerable segments in five countries where it…

Bancamía receives the Andesco Award for Environmental Sustainability, for their MEbA program

With this award-winning program, BBVAMF's colombian institution has already originated 2,740 loans to rural entrepreneurs

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation is already supporting 3,800 Venezuelan migrants through its Colombian institution

This initiative, carried out by BBVAMF’s institution in Colombia, Bancamía, mainly aims to support Venezuelans with financial services and skills…

Relationship banking model in times of physical distancing

The COVID-19 health crisis has challenged the essence of microfinance: the relationship banking model. Since the beginning of the pandemic,…