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The Microfinance Association is a international non-profit professional membership organisation for practitioners in the microfinance industry.
The Association is dedicated to the development and promotion of the microfinance sector. It is a centre of professional excellence, and an international focal point for ideas formulation and information gathering. The association belongs to the microfinance industry...more >
The Association is dedicated to the development and promotion of the microfinance sector. It is a centre of professional excellence, and an international focal point for ideas formulation and information gathering. The association belongs to the microfinance industry...more >
LATEST MICROFINANCE NEWS
Agency to plug funding gap
Cabinet clears Microfinance Bill
A&BC, BMG Partnership create Microfinance Avenues for Artists ...
'The Artist Investment Fund' has been developed to contribute to a more business savvy and economically independent arts community.
Nigeria: Nigeria is Africa's largest microfinance market ...
Nuhu Danjuma, a finance consultant, says Nigeria is the largest microfinance market in Africa, but that the sector has never benefited from cheap capital. Danjuma, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, said that high interest rate charged on loans ...
Microfinance Bill will regulate the sector to death, to the joy of moneylenders
Price control will only dampen the supply of microfinance and compel the poor to turn to moneylenders. MFIs, unlike banks, cannot accept deposits. They charge interest rates of around 30% to cover high operational costs.
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SKS Microfinance tumbles to record low
Financial express latest business and finance news: SKS Microfinance tumbles to record low.
www.financialexpress.com/news/sks-microfinance.../946831/
Welcome Coverage, but Not Quite Scrutiny, of KGFS | David ...
Publications · Blogs · Experts · Events · For Educators · Impact. Print Share/ Bookmark Share · Home · Blogs · David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog ...
blogs.cgdev.org/.../welcome-coverage-but-not-quite-scrutiny-...
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Convergences 2015 Presents Fifth Annual “World ...
Event Name: World Forum for the Millennium Development Goals Event Date: September 19 - September 21, 2012 Event Location: Palais Brongniart and Hôtel .
www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-convergences-2015...
Luminis Promises Unique Transparency on Microfinance Funds ...
Vacancy: Microfinance specialist, Paris
Job Title, Microfinance Specialist. Job Family, Financial Sector. Location, Paris, France. Appointment, International Hire. Job Posted, 15-May-2012. Closing Date ...
unjobs.org/vacancies/1337142726464
Luminis Microfinance | Analysis on MIVs, Impact Investments ...
While microfinance activities in some form have been around for centuries, the beginnings of the modern microfinance industry can be traced back to the work of ...
https://www.luminismicrofinance.com/.../Modern
SKS Microfinance shares soar 19% - Indian Express
SKS Microfinance shares soar 19% - Shares of SKS Microfinance today surged 19 per cent in the morning trade on the bourses after the Union Cabinet ...
www.indianexpress.com/news/sks-microfinance.../948185
CBN to boost economy with microfinance fund
The much awaited Micro-finance development fund, proposed to enhance financing in the Microfinance sub-sector and boost the economy, will come on stream ...
www.businessdayonline.com/.../37621-cbn-to-boost-economy...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Kenyan Boma Project Certified on Grameen Foundation's ...
Boma does not report to the US-based nonprofit Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), and further financial information on Boma is unavailable. By Charlotte Newman, Research Associate The Boma Project is a nonprofit organization that was founded in ...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Sudanese Government to Form Microfinance Council for The ...
Governor Yahia Mohammed Kheir of Sudan's Blue Nile state, reportedly has announced plans for the local government to form a high council on microfinance. The local government expects the Bank of Sudan, the central banking authority of Sudan, ...
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A&BC, BMG Partnership create Microfinance Avenues for Artists
Microfinance Focus, May 17, 2012: The Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston (A&BC), has partnered with Bentley Microfinance Group (BMG) of Bentley University to create 'The Artist Investment Fund'. The Fund will offer microloans, financial literacy ...
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Book Review: Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
By Steve Wanta, Microfinance Focus, May 17, 2012: David Roodman has completed a thorough investigation of microfinance which has drawn interesting parallels from today's industry with the history of financial services. As an academic, he relies heavily ...
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CBN to establish special court for Micro...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has re-stated its commitment to establish special court to hear cases on loan default in microfinance banks. Olufemi Fabanwo, the Director of Other Financial Institutions Department in CBN, disclosed on Thursday in ...
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Nigeria is Africa's largest microfinance...
Nuhu Danjuma, a finance consultant, says Nigeria is the largest microfinance market in Africa, but that the sector has never benefited from cheap capital. Danjuma, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, said that high interest rate charged on loans by the ...
»
SKS Microfinance pins revival hopes on proposed law
Mumbai: SKS Microfinance Ltd, India's largest publicly traded lender to the poor, says proposed legislation will spur a revival by easing loan recovery just as mounting losses force it to curtail operations. The draft law would let microcredit ...
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| The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) was formed less than a month ago through the merger of Khula Enterprise, SA Microfinance Apex Fund and the Industrial Development Corporation's small business lending book. Loni Mamatela, interim executive of ... » |  |
Cabinet clears Microfinance Bill
| PTI New Delhi Last Updated: May 10, 2012 | 23:47 IST The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a Bill to regulate the micro finance industry and bring the micro lenders under the purview of the Reserve Bank. "It (Micro Financial Sector Development and ... » |  |
A&BC, BMG Partnership create Microfinance Avenues for Artists ...
'The Artist Investment Fund' has been developed to contribute to a more business savvy and economically independent arts community.
Microfinance Focus News
Nigeria: Nigeria is Africa's largest microfinance market ...
Nuhu Danjuma, a finance consultant, says Nigeria is the largest microfinance market in Africa, but that the sector has never benefited from cheap capital. Danjuma, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, said that high interest rate charged on loans ...
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Microfinance Bill will regulate the sector to death, to the joy of moneylenders
Price control will only dampen the supply of microfinance and compel the poor to turn to moneylenders. MFIs, unlike banks, cannot accept deposits. They charge interest rates of around 30% to cover high operational costs.
»
SKS Microfinance tumbles to record low
Financial express latest business and finance news: SKS Microfinance tumbles to record low.
www.financialexpress.com/news/sks-microfinance.../946831/
Welcome Coverage, but Not Quite Scrutiny, of KGFS | David ...
Publications · Blogs · Experts · Events · For Educators · Impact. Print Share/ Bookmark Share · Home · Blogs · David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog ...
blogs.cgdev.org/.../welcome-coverage-but-not-quite-scrutiny-...
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Convergences 2015 Presents Fifth Annual “World ...
Event Name: World Forum for the Millennium Development Goals Event Date: September 19 - September 21, 2012 Event Location: Palais Brongniart and Hôtel .
www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-convergences-2015...
Luminis Promises Unique Transparency on Microfinance Funds ...
 | Luminis will provide investors with data and analysis, enabling them to identify, compare ... www.microfinancefocus.com/node/4043 |
Vacancy: Microfinance specialist, Paris
Job Title, Microfinance Specialist. Job Family, Financial Sector. Location, Paris, France. Appointment, International Hire. Job Posted, 15-May-2012. Closing Date ...
unjobs.org/vacancies/1337142726464
Luminis Microfinance | Analysis on MIVs, Impact Investments ...
While microfinance activities in some form have been around for centuries, the beginnings of the modern microfinance industry can be traced back to the work of ...
https://www.luminismicrofinance.com/.../Modern
SKS Microfinance shares soar 19% - Indian Express
SKS Microfinance shares soar 19% - Shares of SKS Microfinance today surged 19 per cent in the morning trade on the bourses after the Union Cabinet ...
www.indianexpress.com/news/sks-microfinance.../948185
CBN to boost economy with microfinance fund
The much awaited Micro-finance development fund, proposed to enhance financing in the Microfinance sub-sector and boost the economy, will come on stream ...
www.businessdayonline.com/.../37621-cbn-to-boost-economy...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Kenyan Boma Project Certified on Grameen Foundation's ...
Boma does not report to the US-based nonprofit Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), and further financial information on Boma is unavailable. By Charlotte Newman, Research Associate The Boma Project is a nonprofit organization that was founded in ...
»
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Sudanese Government to Form Microfinance Council for The ...
Governor Yahia Mohammed Kheir of Sudan's Blue Nile state, reportedly has announced plans for the local government to form a high council on microfinance. The local government expects the Bank of Sudan, the central banking authority of Sudan, ...
»
A&BC, BMG Partnership create Microfinance Avenues for Artists
Microfinance Focus, May 17, 2012: The Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston (A&BC), has partnered with Bentley Microfinance Group (BMG) of Bentley University to create 'The Artist Investment Fund'. The Fund will offer microloans, financial literacy ...
»
Book Review: Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance
By Steve Wanta, Microfinance Focus, May 17, 2012: David Roodman has completed a thorough investigation of microfinance which has drawn interesting parallels from today's industry with the history of financial services. As an academic, he relies heavily ...
»
CBN to establish special court for Micro...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has re-stated its commitment to establish special court to hear cases on loan default in microfinance banks. Olufemi Fabanwo, the Director of Other Financial Institutions Department in CBN, disclosed on Thursday in ...
»
Nigeria is Africa's largest microfinance...
Nuhu Danjuma, a finance consultant, says Nigeria is the largest microfinance market in Africa, but that the sector has never benefited from cheap capital. Danjuma, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, said that high interest rate charged on loans by the ...
»
SKS Microfinance pins revival hopes on proposed law
Mumbai: SKS Microfinance Ltd, India's largest publicly traded lender to the poor, says proposed legislation will spur a revival by easing loan recovery just as mounting losses force it to curtail operations. The draft law would let microcredit ...
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