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38% of Banco Adopem’s clients abandon poverty after two years of working with the institution

BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s Dominican institution offers financial products and services to support the social and economic development of people living…

‘Héroes’, BBVAMF’s innovative training tool lands at Edufin Summit, the financial education global event

BBVA’s auditorium has become the epicenter of financial education for two days in a row, and for a brief moment,…

BBVAMF, acknowledged at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence, as part of BBVA’s CSR

BBVA has won the ‘World’s Best Bank for Financial Inclusion’ category at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence, for making…

Technology with a purpose, a tool to push the sustainable development agenda

“If a society is not inclusive, it is not a society; if companies do not have a social perspective, they…

ICEX and BBVA Microfinance Foundation cooperate to drive social development in Latin America

The partnership will help engage organizations that seek greater social impact on low-income entrepreneurs served by BBVA Microfinance Foundation in…

Promoting sustainable agriculture and digitalization in rural areas is key to not leave anybody behind

Ever since the Sustainable Development Goals have been approved, BBVAMF has served almost 700,000 rural entrepreneurs to boost and improve…

The cost of gender inequality for Latin America is more than 400 billion dollars

The level of gender-based discrimination in social institutions which include laws, social norms and practices in Latin America, is 25%.

Banco Adopem’s ‘Finanzas Rurales y Ambiente’ (Rural and Environmental Finance) program is now within reach of more Dominican farmers

Banco Adopem extends its Rural and Environmental Finance (Finanzas Rurales y Ambiente – FRA) program to the whole Dominican territory…

Six inspiring quotes from six exceptional women

In the roundtable organized by BBVA Microfinance Foundation, entitled “Exceptional women: the value of an opportunity” under H.M. the Queen’s…

Banco Adopem renews Client Protection Certification from MicroRate

Microfinance rating agency MicroRate has ratified its Client Protection Certification for Banco Adopem. This certification is handed to financial institutions…

H.M. the Queen chairs a roundtable with six exceptional women who are breaking barriers in their fields

This morning, the roundtable entitled “Exceptional women: the value of an opportunity” has taken place in Madrid, under the chairmanship…

More than 1,500 cacao producers rely on the support of BBVA Microfinance Foundation in the Dominican Republic

Don  Leonel has dedicated his whole life to cacao. When he was a child, he used to help in his…