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BBVA Microfinance Foundation leads international financing for development, second to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The ranking, elaborated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and presented today in Paris, is based on…

Bancamía launches a credit line to support microentrepreneurs affected by strike

‘AVANZAMOS’ (‘We move forward’) is the new credit line launched by BBVA Microfinance Foundation in Colombia, in partnership with Bancóldex…

Partnership to drive rural development in Latin America through technology and smart farming

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) and the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), which is part of the…

What is the role of the private sector in the refugee crisis?

No other moment in history has ever seen this great flux of migrants. According to the United Nations High Commissioner…

11 Banco Adopem entrepreneurs, awarded at Premic 2019

Eleven entrepreneurs of Banco Adopem, the Dominican institution of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, have been awarded during the 15th Edition…

The purpose that unites us

The 6th edition of the BBVAMF Group Leadership meeting gathered development sector experts, who, along with the BBVA Microfinance Foundation…

BBVAMF and Water.org join forces to facilitate access to water and sanitation to vulnerable people

To celebrate International Toilet Day, every 19th of November, the United Nations increases awareness on the urgency to advance in…

Digital banking, an ally in fostering a savings culture

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Double award for BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s training strategy, based on “gamification”

“Héroes”, a game that the BBVA Microfinance Foundation developed to train its employees, has been recognized as an outstanding project…

Gamification as a talent driver

Gamification was one of the key topics in this year’s edition of ‘Corporate Learning’, a conference organized by Equipos&Talento that…

55% of low-income entrepreneurs who sign up to a micro-loan raise their income

Financial inclusion plays a key role in reducing poverty. So declares the United Nations in its Agenda 2030 for Sustainable…

“Rural women have higher educational level than men”, Joel Hernández, head of Sustainability and Agrotechnology at BBVAMF

International Rural Women's Day: BBVAMF assembled a round table to discuss the achievements and challenges of rural women in Latin…