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                    <title>The BBVA Microfinance Foundation, a benchmark in private financing for development</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/the-bbva-microfinance-foundation-a-benchmark-in-private-financing-for-development/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[T050361]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Within the framework of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (<a href="https://financing.desa.un.org/ffd4">FFD4</a>), held from June 30 to July 3 in Seville, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (<a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/">FMBBVA</a>) is strengthening its position as a benchmark in development financing from the private sector. Of special note is its <strong>commitment to technological innovation to promote the progress of vulnerable entrepreneurs. </strong>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Within the framework of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (<a href="https://financing.desa.un.org/ffd4">FFD4</a>), held from June 30 to July 3 in Seville, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (<a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/">FMBBVA</a>) is strengthening its position as a benchmark in development financing from the private sector. Of special note is its <strong>commitment to technological innovation to promote the progress of vulnerable entrepreneurs. </strong>]]>
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                    <title>Banking solutions for vulnerable and elderly customers and those living in remote rural communities in Spain</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/together-creating-opportunities/banking-solutions-for-vulnerable-and-elderly-customers-and-those-living-in-remote-rural-communities-in-spain/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Bank services]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The surge in online banking has heralded many benefits for customers who insist on being able to bank wherever and whenever they choose. However, the digital revolution has been harder for many older customers, who are not very Internet savvy, and for those living in villages and rural parts of Spain. Moreover, customers finding it hard to keep up with their payment obligations need solutions, such as tailoring installments to their payment capacity or having their loan refinanced. Banks have reacted to these social demands and are stepping up to the challenge.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The surge in online banking has heralded many benefits for customers who insist on being able to bank wherever and whenever they choose. However, the digital revolution has been harder for many older customers, who are not very Internet savvy, and for those living in villages and rural parts of Spain. Moreover, customers finding it hard to keep up with their payment obligations need solutions, such as tailoring installments to their payment capacity or having their loan refinanced. Banks have reacted to these social demands and are stepping up to the challenge.]]>
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                    <title>Garanti BBVA launches the ‘Women who know their accounts’ program</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/tr/sustainability/garanti-bbva-launches-the-women-who-know-their-accounts-program/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA’s Turkish unit is launching the ‘Women who know their accounts’ program as part of its strategy for inclusive growth. The aim of the program is to support women who are not familiar with banking services, to help them discover their potential and ensure a more active participation in economic life. The program will support them by providing training in basic financial matters and in managing their personal finances.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA’s Turkish unit is launching the ‘Women who know their accounts’ program as part of its strategy for inclusive growth. The aim of the program is to support women who are not familiar with banking services, to help them discover their potential and ensure a more active participation in economic life. The program will support them by providing training in basic financial matters and in managing their personal finances.]]>
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                    <title>Six out of ten vulnerable entrepreneurs escape poverty in five years with support from BBVA Microfinance Foundation</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/six-out-of-ten-vulnerable-entrepreneurs-escape-poverty-in-five-years-with-support-from-bbva-microfinance-foundation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2023 06:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Patricia Casas]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social]]>
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                                                                <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.bbva.com/?post_type=sustainability&#038;p=994554</guid>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/la-emprendedora-colombiana-celia-mosquera-consigue-rehacer-su-vida-con-un-negocio-que-recupera-sus-raices-y-cultura-indigena/">Celia Mosquera</a> has had to reinvent herself three times after being forcibly displaced by violence in Colombia. Her story is one example of the remarkable resilience of micro entrepreneurs supported by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF): 60 percent of them managed to overcome poverty after five years of assistance and finance from the entities within the foundation.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/la-emprendedora-colombiana-celia-mosquera-consigue-rehacer-su-vida-con-un-negocio-que-recupera-sus-raices-y-cultura-indigena/">Celia Mosquera</a> has had to reinvent herself three times after being forcibly displaced by violence in Colombia. Her story is one example of the remarkable resilience of micro entrepreneurs supported by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF): 60 percent of them managed to overcome poverty after five years of assistance and finance from the entities within the foundation.]]>
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                    <title>Carlos Torres Vila announces in Davos that the BBVA Microfinance Foundation joins alliance to bridge the digital gap</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/carlos-torres-vila-announces-in-davos-that-the-bbva-microfinance-foundation-joins-alliance-to-bridge-the-digital-divide/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 11:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[E057214]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social affairs]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Social Inclusion]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila announced today at the <a href="https://es.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum</a> in Davos that BBVA and the <a href="https://initiatives.weforum.org/edisonalliance/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Edison Alliance</a> are joining forces with the <a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Microfinance Foundation's</a> commitment to contribute to the digital inclusion of vulnerable populations in Latin America.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[BBVA Chair Carlos Torres Vila announced today at the <a href="https://es.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum</a> in Davos that BBVA and the <a href="https://initiatives.weforum.org/edisonalliance/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Edison Alliance</a> are joining forces with the <a href="https://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Microfinance Foundation's</a> commitment to contribute to the digital inclusion of vulnerable populations in Latin America.]]>
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                    <title>The BBVA Microfinance Foundation revalidates its first place in the development contribution ranking for Latin America</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/the-bbva-microfinance-foundation-revalidates-its-first-place-in-the-development-contribution-ranking-for-latin-america/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 05:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[E057214]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Current news]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.oecd.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)</a> has just published the <a href="https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DV_DCD_PPFD" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Private Philanthropy for Development statistics</a> detailing the contribution of the 40 largest foundations in the world. <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/first-in-latin-america-and-second-worldwide-bbvamf-still-leads-in-contribution-to-development/">For the third consecutive year</a>, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) is the second worldwide and the first in Latin America.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.oecd.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)</a> has just published the <a href="https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=DV_DCD_PPFD" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Private Philanthropy for Development statistics</a> detailing the contribution of the 40 largest foundations in the world. <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/first-in-latin-america-and-second-worldwide-bbvamf-still-leads-in-contribution-to-development/">For the third consecutive year</a>, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) is the second worldwide and the first in Latin America.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA's global financial education event, the 2021 EduFin Summit, will start on May 12th</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/bbvas-global-financial-education-event-the-2021-edufin-summit-will-start-on-may-12th/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Monica Coca (colaborador externo)]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial education]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sustainability]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbvaedufin.com/en/summit/edufin-summit-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EduFin Summit</a>, the annual benchmark event on financial education organized by <a href="https://www.bbvaedufin.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA's Center for Financial Education and Capability</a>, is back after a year of absence due to the pandemic. This year's online edition will begin on May 12 for five days during a three-week-period. Edufin Summit 2021 will address the state of financial education in the post-COVID era and the value of financial knowledge for contributing to inclusive growth, among other topics.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<a href="https://www.bbvaedufin.com/en/summit/edufin-summit-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EduFin Summit</a>, the annual benchmark event on financial education organized by <a href="https://www.bbvaedufin.com/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA's Center for Financial Education and Capability</a>, is back after a year of absence due to the pandemic. This year's online edition will begin on May 12 for five days during a three-week-period. Edufin Summit 2021 will address the state of financial education in the post-COVID era and the value of financial knowledge for contributing to inclusive growth, among other topics.]]>
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                    <title>Women and health: the privilege of having a microinsurance policy in Latin America</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/women-and-health-the-privilege-of-having-a-microinsurance-policy-in-latin-america/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 06:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[julia.ortega]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The many manifestations of COVID-19 have made us susceptible to associating any of its wide-ranging symptoms to the virus and we forget that other conditions still exist and need to be tended to. More worrisome is the fact that globally, public health measures to control the pandemic, including mobility restrictions and prioritization of COVID-19 treatment, coupled with the economic crisis that is producing an increase in poverty, has made it even more challenging for low-income patients to access treatment in a timely manner. In Latin America, according to Pfizer, the number of medical consultations  and oncological visits nearly halved. Moreover, in the region, having medical coverage and access to basic health care is limited to very few people.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[The many manifestations of COVID-19 have made us susceptible to associating any of its wide-ranging symptoms to the virus and we forget that other conditions still exist and need to be tended to. More worrisome is the fact that globally, public health measures to control the pandemic, including mobility restrictions and prioritization of COVID-19 treatment, coupled with the economic crisis that is producing an increase in poverty, has made it even more challenging for low-income patients to access treatment in a timely manner. In Latin America, according to Pfizer, the number of medical consultations  and oncological visits nearly halved. Moreover, in the region, having medical coverage and access to basic health care is limited to very few people.]]>
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                    <title>First in Latin America and second worldwide: BBVAMF still leads in contribution to development</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/first-in-latin-america-and-second-worldwide-bbvamf-still-leads-in-contribution-to-development/</link>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 06:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
                    <dc:creator>
                        <![CDATA[julia.ortega]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Responsible banking]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For yet another year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published the data reported by nearly 40 of the largest foundations in member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), to showcase the impact of private philanthropy. For second year running, the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF)</a> ranks as the leading contributor to development in Latin America, and the world's second, next to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[For yet another year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published the data reported by nearly 40 of the largest foundations in member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), to showcase the impact of private philanthropy. For second year running, the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF)</a> ranks as the leading contributor to development in Latin America, and the world's second, next to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.]]>
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                    <title>By motorcycle, boat and on foot, this is the story of how we take the financial system where no one else does</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/by-motorcycle-boat-and-on-foot-this-is-the-story-of-how-we-take-the-financial-system-where-no-one-else-does/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[julia.ortega]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate responsibility]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Financial inclusion]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Microfinance Foundation]]>
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                            <![CDATA[45 minutes by motorcycle, half an hour by boat and 15 minutes on foot. That is how Sergio Pacheco and Victor Madera, loan officers of the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Microfinance Foundation</a> in Colombia, manage to bring financial services where no one else does. This journey is just one example among the numerous cases that can be found in the countries where the Foundation works. These are the lengths to which they go to reach those who live outside the financial system, which is another barrier to their progress. In 2020, BBVAMF has banked nearly 300,000 people in Colombia and Peru, and its two institutions combined have reached more than 2.1 million clients.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[45 minutes by motorcycle, half an hour by boat and 15 minutes on foot. That is how Sergio Pacheco and Victor Madera, loan officers of the <a href="http://www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBVA Microfinance Foundation</a> in Colombia, manage to bring financial services where no one else does. This journey is just one example among the numerous cases that can be found in the countries where the Foundation works. These are the lengths to which they go to reach those who live outside the financial system, which is another barrier to their progress. In 2020, BBVAMF has banked nearly 300,000 people in Colombia and Peru, and its two institutions combined have reached more than 2.1 million clients.]]>
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