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Colombia Launches its Mandatory Open Finance System

The decree requires certain financial institutions to share three categories of data with authorized third-party recipients.

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Impact Fellow - Bogotá

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Associate Investment Manager, Latin America

Publication Nov 2025

Big Challenges for Small Firms

This study follows small businesses in low-income communities across Colombia, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Indonesia to show how unpredictable week-to-week income and expenses shape everyday business decisions.

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Duppla Drives Financial Inclusion in Colombia With Begini’s Behavioural Data Insights

Begini’s platform has enabled Duppla to enhance credit assessment processes, expand access to its housing solution, and gain strategic insights to support sustainable portfolio growth.

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Entrepreneurs Lead Job Creation in Spain and Latin America

The BBVA Microfinance Foundation’s (BBVAMF) 2024 Impact Report shows that vulnerable entrepreneurs supported by its microfinance institutions employed more than 158,000 people in Colombia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Chile and Panama in the same year.

Publication Jun 2025

Supporting the Financial Inclusion of Intra-Continental Refugees and Migrants

These eight briefing notes supporting the financial inclusion of refugee and migrant populations are the result of the cross-cutting learnings from the FISONG 2021.

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How AI and Human-Centered Design Can Transform Financial Inclusion in Colombia

A recent pilot used machine learning and digital tools to provide personalized financial recommendations for rural users, with promising results.

Publication Apr 2025

10 Years of Acumen Latin America Investment in Colombia

This publication shares how an intentional strategy of investing in socially minded for-profit companies and projects can generate deep impact in rural, conflict-affected areas of Colombia.

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Connecting Venezuelan Migrants With the Financial System in Colombia

The Banca de las Oportunidades project, “El Parche Financiero” (“the Financial Patch”), aims to promote financial inclusion for the 100,000 Venezuelan migrants in the country.