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                    <title>Grupo de Energía de Bogotá to modernize Colombia’s energy infrastructure with a 500 billion peso loan from BBVA</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/co/enterprises/grupo-de-energia-de-bogota-to-modernize-colombias-energy-infrastructure-with-a-500-billion-peso-loan-from-bbva/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 06:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Sofia Martínez Corrons]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Business sustainability]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economic sectors]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Economy and Finance]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial and commercial services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financing for companies]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) has just secured a long-term credit facility from BBVA Colombia worth 500 billion pesos, as it aims to ramp up its investment plan and modernize the country’s existing energy infrastructure.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) has just secured a long-term credit facility from BBVA Colombia worth 500 billion pesos, as it aims to ramp up its investment plan and modernize the country’s existing energy infrastructure.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA USA begins offering secured term loan discounts on fuel efficient commercial vehicles</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-usa-begins-offering-secured-term-loan-discounts-on-fuel-efficient-commercial-vehicles/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Environment]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible Business Plan]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA USA has unveiled its second product geared towards environmental sustainability, announcing a rate discount on secured term loans for fuel-efficient commercial vehicles.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA USA has unveiled its second product geared towards environmental sustainability, announcing a rate discount on secured term loans for fuel-efficient commercial vehicles.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Classic matchup between Houston Dynamo and Cruz Azul to benefit Citizens' Environmental Coalition</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-classic-matchup-between-houston-dynamo-and-cruz-azul-to-benefit-citizens-environmental-coalition/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Environment]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Soccer]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The 2020 BBVA Classic, the annual charity game set to take place on March 27 between the Houston Dynamo and Cruz Azul, will benefit environmental advocacy group <a href="https://cechouston.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Citizens’ Environmental Coalition</a>, the bank and the team announced today.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The 2020 BBVA Classic, the annual charity game set to take place on March 27 between the Houston Dynamo and Cruz Azul, will benefit environmental advocacy group <a href="https://cechouston.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Citizens’ Environmental Coalition</a>, the bank and the team announced today.]]>
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                    <title>Co-founder of 2019 BBVA USA Momentum winning company sets sights on Madrid</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/co-founder-of-2019-bbva-usa-momentum-winning-company-sets-sights-on-madrid/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<em>By Anita Dharapuram</em>

On March 3, <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/global-bbva-momentum-2019-event-solutions-to-the-challenges-of-diversity-education-and-health-from-the-u-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the winners of 2019 BBVA Momentum will arrive in Madrid</a>, Spain to celebrate their entrepreneurial accomplishments and culminate this year’s program. A handful of the program’s winners hail from Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States -<a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/laura-hertz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> and one was recently recognized by Forbes magazine. </a>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<em>By Anita Dharapuram</em>

On March 3, <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/global-bbva-momentum-2019-event-solutions-to-the-challenges-of-diversity-education-and-health-from-the-u-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the winners of 2019 BBVA Momentum will arrive in Madrid</a>, Spain to celebrate their entrepreneurial accomplishments and culminate this year’s program. A handful of the program’s winners hail from Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States -<a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/laura-hertz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> and one was recently recognized by Forbes magazine. </a>]]>
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                    <title>Bryan-College Station community organizations granted a total of $22.5K from the BBVA USA Foundation</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bryan-college-station-community-organizations-granted-a-total-of-22-5k-from-the-bbva-usa-foundation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                            <![CDATA[A total of six community organizations in the Bryan-College Station area were awarded a sum of $22,500 in grants from the <a href="https://www.bbvausa.com/our-story/corporate-responsibility/foundations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA USA Foundation</a> during a breakfast presentation on Thursday.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[A total of six community organizations in the Bryan-College Station area were awarded a sum of $22,500 in grants from the <a href="https://www.bbvausa.com/our-story/corporate-responsibility/foundations.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA USA Foundation</a> during a breakfast presentation on Thursday.]]>
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                    <title>Podcast: "They bought into the (moon) mission"</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/us/podcast-the-mind-bank-they-bought-into-the-moon-mission/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate Responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible Business Plan]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Polaris - better known as the North Star - is famous for being a still, unmoving beacon in the Earth's sky while the entire northern sky moves all around it.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Polaris - better known as the North Star - is famous for being a still, unmoving beacon in the Earth's sky while the entire northern sky moves all around it.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA selects 19 social entrepreneurs across the country to participate in BBVA Momentum</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/innovation/bbva-selects-19-social-entrepreneurs-across-the-country-to-participate-in-bbva-momentum/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Creating opportunities]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Enterprises]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Entrepreneurship &amp; Startups]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has selected 19 social entrepreneurs from across the U.S. to participate in its BBVA Momentum accelerator program, designed to help participants enhance their operations to impact the lives of more people.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA has selected 19 social entrepreneurs from across the U.S. to participate in its BBVA Momentum accelerator program, designed to help participants enhance their operations to impact the lives of more people.]]>
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                    <title>Avenue breaks ground on new community resource center in Houston</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/avenue-breaks-ground-on-new-community-resource-center-in-houston/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[al.ortiz]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Housing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Public relations]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible Business Plan]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In a press conference today, local nonprofit housing developer <a href="http://www.avenuecdc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avenue</a> celebrated officially breaking ground on <a href="https://www.avenuecdc.org/capital-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avenue Center</a>, a new mixed-use community resource center in Near Northside. Construction was kickstarted by a $1 million gift from the BBVA Compass Foundation, which will create opportunities for Avenue’s comprehensive homebuyer education and counseling programs at Avenue Center.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In a press conference today, local nonprofit housing developer <a href="http://www.avenuecdc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avenue</a> celebrated officially breaking ground on <a href="https://www.avenuecdc.org/capital-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Avenue Center</a>, a new mixed-use community resource center in Near Northside. Construction was kickstarted by a $1 million gift from the BBVA Compass Foundation, which will create opportunities for Avenue’s comprehensive homebuyer education and counseling programs at Avenue Center.]]>
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                    <title>Community Giving and Employee Involvement At The Heart of CRA Performance</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/community-giving-and-employee-involvement-at-the-heart-of-cra-performance/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible Business Plan]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Earning an outstanding rating for CRA performance is a rare accomplishment -- fewer than 10 percent of banks earn that rating.  For BBVA Compass, it’s a clear reflection of the cultural shift that’s taken place within the organization over the past three years.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Earning an outstanding rating for CRA performance is a rare accomplishment -- fewer than 10 percent of banks earn that rating.  For BBVA Compass, it’s a clear reflection of the cultural shift that’s taken place within the organization over the past three years.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Compass commits to providing financial education to 10,000 adults in 2019</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-compass-commits-to-providing-financial-education-to-10000-adults-in-2019/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Lori Moore]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible Business Plan]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass launched its full financial education program for 2019 last week, on the heels of a successful four-month pilot program which wrapped in December, aiming to reach approximately 7,000 more people during its first full year in existence.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Compass launched its full financial education program for 2019 last week, on the heels of a successful four-month pilot program which wrapped in December, aiming to reach approximately 7,000 more people during its first full year in existence.]]>
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