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Further international recognition for the career of Claudio González-Vega

The AFI and the SUGEF highlight the support of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the BBVAMF for…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation, invited by the SEGIB to provide expertise on entrepreneurship of vulnerable people in the 11th Ibero-American Business Meeting

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) participated in the preparatory meeting for the 11th Ibero-American Business Meeting, a forum of 50…

The BBVAMF joins the celebrations to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

15% of the most vulnerable and marginalized people in the world belong to some indigenous community There are 370 million…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation takes part in the VIII Central American and Caribbean Microfinance Conference

Banco Adopem and Fondo Esperanza, banks belonging to the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF), have attended the VIII Central American and…

UN grants consultative status to BBVA Microfinance Foundation

The United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, has recently awarded consultative status to the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, in recognition…

The United Nations invites the BBVA Microfinance Foundation to the High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Latin America

“Our women entrepreneurs save 35% more than men, despite earning 25% less”, according to Laura Fernández Lord, head of Gender…

The director of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund highlights the contribution of the BBVAMF in the fight against poverty

“The BBVA Microfinance Foundation proposes programs to promote women’s empowerment and to help vulnerable people escape poverty”. With those words…

The BBVAMF’s Progreso magazine publishes a selection of its interviews with experts on development, microfinance, corporate governance and equality

Access issue 7 of “Progreso” in Spanish and in English The latest issue of “Progreso: Corporate Governance, Inclusion and Development”,…

Vulnerable people enjoy a unique opportunity with Jordi Roca, one of the world’s top pastry chefs

Entrepreneurs with small businesses in the restaurant and food sector attended a talk in Santiago de Chile given by the…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation participates in the 2016 SPTF Annual Meeting

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) has taken part in the 2016 SPTF Annual Meeting, an annual event organized by the…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation presents its performance report at the Institute of International Finance in Washington

The 2015 Social Performance Report contains a summary of the activities of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) in the seven…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation attends the twice-yearly meeting of the United Nations Private Sector Advisory Group

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) has taken part in the twice-yearly meeting of the Private Sector Advisory Group for the…