Latin America

Spain: the second largest international provider of private philanthropy for development, thanks to the BBVAMF – OECD

According to the latest data published by the OECD, globally, Spain is the second contributor to development through philanthropic funding, thanks to…

H.M. the Queen heads “Conectados por la oportunidad digital”

BBVA Microfinance Foundation hosts Conectados por la oportunidad digital Headed by Her Majesty the Queen A space to open a…

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…

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…

H.M. Queen Letizia meets with BBVA Microfinance Foundation to learn about its adapted measures during the pandemic

This meeting took place within the series of conferences that the King and Queen are implementing since the beginning of…

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…

“Passion: a quality shared by women entrepreneurs,” María José Jordá, head of Digital & Customer Experience

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is a United States government program that runs in 26 countries. It seeks to train women…

The vulnerability trap: a challenge for Latin America’s development

Have you heard about “development traps”? According to the 2019 edition of OECD’s Latin American Economic Outlook Report, the social and…

Family farms, an instrument to fight rural poverty

“It is not easy for small farmers to find the capital they need for the business to prosper and for…

BBVAMF and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) meet in Madrid to discuss about rural development in America

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation welcomed the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, in…

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation intervenes at the Google Cloud Summit Madrid as a successful case example

BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s head of Technology & Data, Joao Costa, will present ‘BBVA Microfinance Foundation: Digitalizing the workplace with Google…

BBVAMF and CAF come together to coordinate efforts for vulnerable entrepreneurs in Latin America

Javier M. Flores, CEO for BBVA Microfinance Foundation, met with Luis Carranza, president for CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, to…