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Presentation of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s 2016 Social Performance Report in Chile

The BBVAMF presents its 2016 Social Performance Report “Measuring what really matters” to the press and media outlets in Chile.…

More than half a million chilean women are entrepreneurs

More than half of them come from the most vulnerable sectors of society, and being self-employed significantly improves the quality…

Emprende Microfinanzas provides access to productive loans for entrepreneurs in the province of Arauco

Emprende Microfinanzas has opened new Local Service Offices (LSO) in the towns of Curanilahue and Lebu, reporting to its branch…

Fondo Esperanza participates in the forum of experts on the challenges facing entrepreneurship in Chile

Some of the tasks facing the microfinance sector in Chile include raising the visibility of this group of entrepreneurs in…

Emprende increases the amount of its loans for low-income entrepreneurs

Emprende Microfinanzas to grant loans of up to 24 million pesos to entrepreneurs. The alliance with Corfo’s Investment Guarantee Fund (FOGAIN)…

Funding for Mapuche entrepreneurs

Agreement between Emprende Microfinanzas and the Mapuche Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of offering easier access to credit for…

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…

Enterprising mothers in Chile

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

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…