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Banco ADOPEM and Proyecto Capital sign a cooperation agreement

Banco ADOPEM and Proyecto Capital foster the inclusion of vulnerable families in the formal financial system by introducing financial literacy…

Bancamía receives a FOMIN award for its development of ‘green’ financial products

During the IDB Forum that took place this week in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Micro-finance Bank –Bancamía S.A. was selected in…

Microserfin obtains satisfaction, up-to-date status, and compliance prizes in the APC Awards 2013

The Panama Credit Association (APC) held the Fifth Edition of the APC AWARDS, in which 45 financial and commercial companies…

Fondo Esperanza and Sernam sign collaboration agreement

The agreement seeks to benefit women who wish to improve their quality of life through entrepreneurship and self-employment. This alliance…

Fondo Esperanza signs cooperation agreement with AIEP

Fondo Esperanza (the Hope Fund) and the Instituto Profesional de la Universidad Andrés Bello, AIEP, signed this afternoon an agreement…

Keys to enterprising as a senior citizen

Until recently, people thought that useful working-life ended the day one retired from his job. Nonetheless, this belief has changed…

Fondo Esperanza signs cooperation agreement with Universidad Tecnológica of Chile

Signatures were stamped to seal the cooperation agreement between Fondo Esperanza’s Osorno Office and the Administration Studies of Chile’s Universidad…

Enterprising mothers in Chile

Almost 600 thousand Chilean women have turned entrepreneurship into their main economic activity. 87% of them are mothers and more…

Banco ADOPEM has granted 164,885 loans

Over the course of 2012, the bank delivered to micro and small enterprises 164,885 loans, totaling RD$3,596,903,815 million. Mercedes Canalda…

Caja Nuestra Gente, the best microfinance institution in Latin America and the Caribbean

Caja Rural de Ahorro y Crédito Nuestra Gente, part of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation in Peru, has been named the…

BBVA Microfinance Foundation and Credicoop relaunch operations in Chile under a new brand name “Emprende Microfinanzas”

Emprende Microfinanzas aspires to consolidate its leadership in providing specialized services for the most disadvantaged, with specialized microfinance products and…

Fondo Esperanza SpA, a new microfinance entity, created to support low-income entrepreneurs in Chile

Fondo Esperanza SpA will be a leader in the Chilean microfinance sector using community banking methodology. The goal is to…