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		<title>Bancamiga launches its 2026 Entrepreneurship Training Program in La Guaira</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom:20px;"><img width="1100" height="738" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Más de 300 emprendedores se dieron cita en el Teatro Pedro Elías Gutiérrez para fortalecer sus modelos de negocio" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA.jpeg 1100w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA-300x201.jpeg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA-1024x687.jpeg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA-768x515.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /></div><p>Bancamiga formally launched its 2026 training program with the forum &#8220;Keys to Transforming and Boosting Your Business.&#8221; The event, held at the Pedro Elías Gutiérrez Theater, was attended by more than 300 local entrepreneurs. The activity, organized in strategic partnership with the Vargas Municipality Mayor&#8217;s Office in La Guaira State, provided essential practical and theoretical [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom:20px;"><img width="1100" height="738" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Más de 300 emprendedores se dieron cita en el Teatro Pedro Elías Gutiérrez para fortalecer sus modelos de negocio" decoding="async" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA.jpeg 1100w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA-300x201.jpeg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA-1024x687.jpeg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-principal-1-BA-768x515.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.bancamiga.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Bancamiga</strong></a> formally launched its 2026 training program with the forum<strong> &#8220;Keys to Transforming and Boosting Your Business.&#8221;</strong> The event, held at the Pedro Elías Gutiérrez Theater, was attended by more than 300 local entrepreneurs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The activity, organized in strategic partnership with the Vargas <strong>Municipality Mayor&#8217;s Office in La Guaira State,</strong> provided essential practical and theoretical tools for business sustainability.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-119886 size-full" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-2-BA.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="900" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-2-BA.jpg 1200w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-2-BA-300x225.jpg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-2-BA-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-2-BA-768x576.jpg 768w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencial-2-BA-86x64.jpg 86w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Since 2022, the bank&#8217;s training program has benefited more than 7,000 Venezuelans nationwide</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“For Bancamiga, <strong>entrepreneurship is one of the driving forces of the economy.</strong> Our goal is not only to offer financial services, but also to <strong>support Venezuelans with quality training that ensures their ventures are profitable and sustainable,”</strong> said <strong>José Simón Elarba,</strong> Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bancamiga.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Guided by experts in various fields of management and innovation, participants explored critical areas for <strong>business success,</strong> such as the purpose of entrepreneurship, in order to define their long-term vision; and their business model and value proposition, to differentiate themselves in the current market. They also learned strategies for connecting with their ideal audience.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Commitment to business development</h3>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-119887 size-full" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencia-3-BA.jpg" alt="" width="794" height="537" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencia-3-BA.jpg 794w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencia-3-BA-300x203.jpg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Imagen-referencia-3-BA-768x519.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Promoting entrepreneurship and business development among Venezuelans are fundamental pillars of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bancamiga/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bancamiga</a> Banco Universal&#8217;s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy.</strong> This initiative is part of a robust training program that, since its inception in 2022, has positively impacted <strong>more than 7,000 Venezuelans with a business vision throughout the country.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In addition to academic training, participants had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the portfolio of products and services that Bancamiga offers to<strong> small and medium-sized businesses.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With this successful event in La Guaira state, Bancamiga reaffirms its commitment to <strong>continue traveling throughout the country, providing the necessary tools for Venezuelan talent to transform into solid businesses that contribute to the country&#8217;s development.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>With information and images provided by Bancamiga Banco Universal</em></p>
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		<title>Bancamiga supports business development in Bolívar state with the forum “Keys to transform and boost your business”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom:20px;"><img width="1100" height="595" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="La institución financiera presentó una programación de alto valor con la intervención de expertos en diversas áreas durante el foro “Claves para transformar e impulsar tu negocio”" decoding="async" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN.jpeg 1100w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN-300x162.jpeg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN-1024x554.jpeg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN-768x415.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /></div><p>Bancamiga, as part of its commitment to promoting national productive development, successfully held the forum “Keys to Transforming and Boosting Your Business” in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar State Bolívar. This important training initiative, organized in strategic partnership with the Bolívar State Government, the Caroní Municipality Mayor&#8217;s Office, and Fedeindustria, brought together more than 500 entrepreneurs and [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom:20px;"><img width="1100" height="595" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="La institución financiera presentó una programación de alto valor con la intervención de expertos en diversas áreas durante el foro “Claves para transformar e impulsar tu negocio”" decoding="async" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN.jpeg 1100w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN-300x162.jpeg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN-1024x554.jpeg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Emprendedores-Desatcada-o-Ppal-DLL-y-BFN-768x415.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="https://www.bancamiga.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bancamiga</a></strong>, as part of its commitment to promoting national productive development, successfully held the forum <strong>“Keys to Transforming and Boosting Your Business”</strong> in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar State Bolívar.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This important training initiative, organized in strategic partnership with the <strong>Bolívar State Government,</strong> the <strong>Caroní Municipality Mayor&#8217;s Office,</strong> and <strong>Fedeindustria</strong>, brought together <strong>more than 500 entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized business owners from the region</strong> in an event designed to offer <strong>essential tools for the growth and sustainability of their businesses.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">During the event&#8217;s opening, <strong>José Simón Elarba</strong>, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bancamiga, stated that “this bank recognizes and values ​​the constant effort of entrepreneurs and microentrepreneurs to surpass their goals and boost their businesses. That is why we not only carry out training activities to promote business development, but we are also the support and financial assistance they need to grow.”</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117377 size-full" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Doctor-Elarba-Destacada-o-Ppal-ES-y-PV-1.jpeg" alt="" width="1073" height="627" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Doctor-Elarba-Destacada-o-Ppal-ES-y-PV-1.jpeg 1073w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Doctor-Elarba-Destacada-o-Ppal-ES-y-PV-1-300x175.jpeg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Doctor-Elarba-Destacada-o-Ppal-ES-y-PV-1-1024x598.jpeg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Doctor-Elarba-Destacada-o-Ppal-ES-y-PV-1-768x449.jpeg 768w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Doctor-Elarba-Destacada-o-Ppal-ES-y-PV-1-357x210.jpeg 357w" sizes="(max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The event included the participation of <strong>Yesel Calzadilla,</strong> President of the Bolívar Corporation, representing the regional government; <strong>Orlando Camacho,</strong> president of Fedeindustria, and<strong> Zenaida Curapiaca,</strong> general manager of the Caroní Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, shared their vision on the region&#8217;s economic potential and the importance of supporting microentrepreneurs.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Forum with an Impactful Agenda</h3>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117378 size-full" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Foto-general-Evento-Bancamiga-Para-acompanar-texto.jpeg" alt="" width="1100" height="589" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Foto-general-Evento-Bancamiga-Para-acompanar-texto.jpeg 1100w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Foto-general-Evento-Bancamiga-Para-acompanar-texto-300x161.jpeg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Foto-general-Evento-Bancamiga-Para-acompanar-texto-1024x548.jpeg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Foto-general-Evento-Bancamiga-Para-acompanar-texto-768x411.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <strong>training day offered a high-value program</strong> with presentations from specialists to optimize business development, such as <strong>Mauricio Parilli,</strong> director of Aprendo y Emprendo, who presented the conference “Keys to Transforming Your Business, from Purpose to Triple Impact,” focusing on <strong>business sustainability.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Marketing, innovation, and sales strategist <strong>Isa Bermúdez</strong> presented “The Voice of Your Brand: Communicating with Impact,” providing tools to build powerful business narratives.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117379 size-full" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ejecutiva-Atencion-de-clientes-y-usuarios-Para-acompanar-texto.jpeg" alt="" width="1100" height="911" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ejecutiva-Atencion-de-clientes-y-usuarios-Para-acompanar-texto.jpeg 1100w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ejecutiva-Atencion-de-clientes-y-usuarios-Para-acompanar-texto-300x248.jpeg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ejecutiva-Atencion-de-clientes-y-usuarios-Para-acompanar-texto-1024x848.jpeg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ejecutiva-Atencion-de-clientes-y-usuarios-Para-acompanar-texto-768x636.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For his part, Ecoanalítica senior economist <strong>Jesús Palacios</strong> analyzed the <strong>economic landscape</strong> in his talk “Opportunities for My Business in the Current Economy,” offering a useful macroeconomic perspective for<strong> decision-making.</strong></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">Bancamiga&#8217;s commitment to the country</h3>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-117380 size-full" src="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Expositores-y-emprendedor-Para-acompanar-texto.jpg" alt="" width="1100" height="616" srcset="https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Expositores-y-emprendedor-Para-acompanar-texto.jpg 1100w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Expositores-y-emprendedor-Para-acompanar-texto-300x168.jpg 300w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Expositores-y-emprendedor-Para-acompanar-texto-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https://bitfinance.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Expositores-y-emprendedor-Para-acompanar-texto-768x430.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The event culminated with an act that underscores <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bancamiga/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bancamiga&#8217;s</a> commitment to local growth: the awarding of loans to a group of small business owners in the region. This reaffirms the bank&#8217;s mission to be a fundamental pillar in the country&#8217;s economic development, combining training with direct financial support to strengthen the productive sector in Bolívar State.</p>
<p><em>With information and images provided by Bancamiga Banco Universal.</em></p>
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