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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Caravela Coffee: Insights on Digital Payments for Colombian Coffee Farmers
This study aims to understand coffee farmers’ experience of receiving payments via direct bank transfers from Caravela Coffee.
Exclusion Risks in Climate Finance Regulation: An Analytical Framework
This working paper presents an analytical framework to identify the potential exclusionary effect of climate-related financial sector regulation on the incentives and ability of financial service providers to lend to vulnerable segments in emerging markets and developing economies.
Colombian Microfinance Firm MiCreditoYa Microfinanciera SAS Welcomes €1.1M Investment
The €1.1m investment in MiCreditoYa from the ABC Fund will enable MiCreditoYa to expand its loan portfolio, potentially adding 2,500 loans to farmers in Nariño onto its loan book over the next two years.
IFC and Nu Colombia Announce Alliance to Promote Financial Inclusion of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
The agreement will allow Nu Colombia to build the foundations to launch, in the future, a market strategy that promotes the financial inclusion of this population through access to digital financial services focused on savings accounts.