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October 12, 2012
Four Latin American MFIs to develop green financial products
As many as four MFIs from Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru are partnering with EcoMicro, a regional programme that will be working with these firms to make ‘green products’, or products that will reduce their vulnerability to climate change. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
Indonesia: Citibank, OPIC lend to Microfinancer bank Andara
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Citibank Indonesia will be providing a term loan to Bank Andara to help it scale its microfinance activities in the country. This loan will be of an amount of US$18.5 million and will be disbursed in two periods within six months. Read more […]
October 12, 2012
Kiva starts programme to let lenders lend directly to borrowers
Kiva’s normal way of operation is to lend to MFIs which lend to borrowers, their capital coming from lenders willing to lend online. It is now launching Kiva Zip, a programme which will let Detroiters lend directly to small business entrepreneurs directly, using PayPal kind tools, much like the basic […]
October 12, 2012
Jordan: The Arab country, and its need for microfinance and Kiva’s role in it
Jordan is geographically situated such that it does not benefit much from foreign investments, and enterprises in the country, both large and small must struggle for loans the same. Kiva, the global microfinance institution is helping scale the microfinance access in the country by partnering with Silatech to provide economic […]
October 12, 2012
Rwanda: Rural lending registers steadily rise
There is a rise in demand for credit among the farmers in rural Rwanda, as is reflected by the growth of lending activities in the rural communities over the past half-decade. This information was documented by FinScope Rwanda in their report “Financial Inclusion in Rwanda 2008-2012”. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
India: Private equity firms woo MFIs to create long-term value
Private equity funds in India, in the face of decreasing returns on equity are looking to collaborate with MFIs to leverage their extensive reach and build long term value instead of concentrating on short term gains. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
Nigeria lags behind in creating microfinance-facilitating ecosystem
According to the Economic Intelligence Unit’s Global Microscope report, Nigeria does not have a very encouraging and facilitating microfinance environment, in a ranking done for a number of developing countries. Peru came up on top in this ranking. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
India: Embattled MFIs start down the path to consolidation
Most MFIs in the country had to struggle with remaining afloat post the Andhra Pradesh centric microfinance crisis in the year 2010. Now, most MFIs are consolidating, partnering with other MFIs to increase their total loan portfolios, hoping to achieve success by economies of scale. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
Kyrgyzstan’s leading MFI becomes a bank
Kyrgyzstan’s leading microfinance institutions, Bai Tushum and Partners is all set to turn into a bank as it applies to the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic for preliminary permission. Once the legalities are completed, Bai Tushum will become Microfinance Bank Bai Tushum and Partners, and will include an expanded […]
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