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Fundación BBVA para las Microfinanzas

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Extreme poverty
  • Financing for Development
  • Industrial Development
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Micro-Credit
  • Social Development
  • Sustainable Development
  • Women
  • Youth

    • Financing for Development:
  • Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development
  • Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
  • Mobilizing international resources for development

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Research
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women in power and decision-making

    • Public Administration:
  • Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
  • Socio-Economic Governance and Management

    • Social Development:
  • Cooperative
  • Employment
  • Poverty
  • Social policy
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Gender equality
  • Industrial development
  • Poverty
  • Rural Development
  • Sustainable development in a globalizing world
    • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
  • Peru
  • Colombia
  • Panama
  • Chile
  • Dominican Republic
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2007
    Organizational structure: The headquarter is located in Madrid. The BBVA Microfinance Foundation is the Majority Shareholder of the following microfinance institutions: Bancamia S.A (Colombia); Financiera Confianza S.A. (Peru); The Savings Bank and Credit ADOPEM (Dominican Republic), Emprende Microfinanzas S.A. and Fondo Esperanza SpA (Chile); and Microserfin (Panama).
    Funding structure other: The initial capital came from the BBVA as grantor (200 mill euros). Any profits made by them are reinvested in the Foundation’s own activity, and no money goes back to BBVA.
     
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