Posts Tagged ‘microloans’

Microfinance Focus, Sep 21, 2010: Microfinance Transparency (MFTransparency) will be hosting a conference on October 21, 2010 in La Paz, Bolivia to launch the pricing data it collected during the Transparent Pricing Initiative in the country as well as the progress of its other initiatives Latin America. Results of the analysis of pricing data for microloans products the organization has been collecting over the past ... Full story

By Min-Si Wang, Microfinance Focus, Sept 20, 2010: Farmers and agricultural workers have traditionally been a target customer group for microfinance institutions.  Nearly 75% of the 1.3 billion people living on less than a dollar a day depend on agricultural activities.  Unfortunately, the cyclicality inherent in a farmer’s cash cycle makes the group a difficult customer segment to service.  A farmer’s income is subject to volatility ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Aug 17, 2010: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will be giving partial credit guarantee of up to US$5 million for Mexico’s Agrofinanzas 2,000 loans to small sunflower producers in Mexico. The operation is part of a supply chain project, which includes the commitment of the food & beverage company PepsiCo Mexico to purchase the production of sunflower oil produced by the network of small farmers. The ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, July 6, 2010: Microfinance News Synopsis brings a compilation of industry headlines broadcasted by other news media from across the world. Citibank to push for shariah-compliant microfinance banks: Citibank will push the idea of establishing Shariah-compliant microfinance banks for the needs of millions of Muslims, left financially excluded because of Islam’s prohibition on interest, a senior official said on Monday. “There are large microfinance ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, March 1, 2010: Tashkent's Centre of National Art  hosted a ceremony to award the winners of the "Social Support of Family Entrepreneurship" competition on February 23, organized by the Women's Council Public Association and the National Association of Microfinance Organisations and Credit Unions (NAMOCU). Gulnara Karimova, Chairperson of the Women's Council's Organising Committee, presented awards to 128 Uzbek business women. An initiative set up ... Full story

By Nagesh Narayana Microfinance Focus, Jan. 30, 2010: In the past, microfinance services have helped to empower and provide stability for poor Haitians but the need is far greater now with the 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastating the nation on January 12 and leaving 200,000 dead. Those who survived were left without food and water for days and ... Full story