Setting sights on the future of microfinance at the Zell Center Conference
Microfinance Focus, May 21, 2013: Practitioners and academics brought to light a wide range of issues concerning the microfinance sector on The 9th Annual Zell Center Chicago Microfinance Conference on May 3, 2013. The Chicago Booth School
Accion Chicago pitches for business building and corporate governance
By Dr Priyanka Jayashankar, Associate Editor Microfinance Focus, May 09, 2013: (On the sidelines of the 9th Annual Zell Center Chicago Microfinance Conference, Priyanka Jayashankar spoke to Accion Chicago’s COO Robin Lee Greiner and CEO Jonathan Brereton). “We
Grameen Foundation taps microfinance and technology to battle poverty
By Dr Priyanka Jayashankar, Associate Editor Microfinance Focus, May 07, 2013: As a Haitian microfinance borrower gets a micro-loan to propel his enterprise’s growth, farmers thousands of miles away in Indonesia tap mobile technology to sell their crops
A tryst with microfinance in the Midwest
By Dr Priyanka Jayashankar, Research Fellow | Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands Microfinance Focus, April23, 2013: From a Southern comfort restaurant to an African grocery shop tucked away in a suburb of Des Moines – micro-enterprises are thriving in
MIX Market Awards VisionFund Cambodia Five Stars For Transparency
Microfinance Focus, April 09, 2013: VisionFund Cambodia has received top ranking for its level of transparency for all data on MIX Market. After submitting all the documents required by MIX, thier ranking improved from four diamonds to five
Indian Securitisation Foundation seeks rollback of Securitisation Tax Proposal
By Vinod Kothari, Microfinance Focus, April 08, 2013: The Indian Securitisation Foundation has sought rollback of proposals on securitisation in Budget 2013. The securitisation industry has sought a pass-through status for securitisation vehicles, whereas Budget 2013 imposed a
David Woods to join Oikocredit as Managing Director
Social investor and worldwide cooperative, Oikocredit today announced appointment of Mr David Woods as its new managing director from 1 January 2013. Mr Woods’ appointment follows the pending retirement of Mr Ben Simmes, who has been with
Incofin IM, FMO to strengthen 14 microfinance institutions
Incofin IM and FMO have signed a 4th Capacity Development agreement. According to an official report, the new Capacity Development Facility (CD Facility) financed by FMO and executed under the Capacity Development Programme, on behalf of the
Ujjivan Slashes Interest Rates
Ujjivan Financial Services, a Bangalore based microfinance institution has reduced its interest rates by 1-2 % from 15th December 2012 across majority of the loans offered to its customers. Ujjivan’s interest rates have been reduced from 26%
Hugh Sinclair: You may still have over-estimated the competence of this fund?
This is indeed a concern we have, not that we are seeing that microfinance funds are crumbling, but we see the potential, because basically the microfinance funds on the whole, with some exceptions are not terribly transparent,