Content tagged with "micro finance"

FMBBVA and AMPYME sign the first public-private partnership to manage microfinance in Panama

The president of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation and the Minister of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Panama have signed the first public-private partnership for the joint management of microfinance in Panama. The president of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation,… Continue reading FMBBVA and AMPYME sign the first public-private partnership to manage microfinance in Panama »

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

(Español) The Peruvian institution of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation comes top in the “Microfinance Americas: the top 100” ranking, compiled by Mix Market, IDB and FOMIN

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation transforms the lives of a million people

To bring finance closer to the most disadvantaged people so that they can learn productive activities…

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

The new microfinance entity Fondo Esperanza SpA was constituted following an agreement reached in January between the BBVA Microfinance Foundation and Fondo Esperanza to transfer the assets and liabilities of the former Fondo Esperanza to the new company. The new company, Fondo… Continue reading Fondo Esperanza SpA, a new microfinance entity, created to support low-income entrepreneurs in Chile »

BBVA Microfinance Foundation launches the universal corporate governance code for the Latin American microfinance sector

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) presented the “Universal Code for Corporate Governance for Microfinance Institutions” prepared by the Foundation, and which establishes the principles and standards that all good governance codes for Microfinance Institutions (MFI) should contain, in accordance with internationally accepted… Continue reading BBVA Microfinance Foundation launches the universal corporate governance code for the Latin American microfinance sector »

BBVA Microfinance Foundation acquires 70% of the capital of Microserfín in Panama

10-01-2011 BBVA Microfinance Foundation has reached an agreement with Banco Panameño de la Vivienda S.A. to purchase the 70% stake that the entity has in the company stock of Soluciones de Microfinanzas S.A (Microserfín). With this transaction, 70% of Microserfín is formed… Continue reading BBVA Microfinance Foundation acquires 70% of the capital of Microserfín in Panama »

Microfinance: a panacea for development?

Without finance at the base of the pyramid, economic and social development would be impossible

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BBVA Microfinance Foundation: working for the future As part of its pledge to financial inclusion, in 2007 BBVA set up the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, a non-profit institution whose aim is to use microfinance to promote the self-sustainable economic and social development of… Continue reading Microfinance »

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