Posts Tagged ‘Rabobank’

Microfinance Focus, Sep 6, 2010: Nationally operating Dutch microcredit organization, Qredits has recently signed financing agreements for 30 million Euros with the Bank for Dutch Councils (BNG), Rabobank, ING and ABN-AMRO. The agreements were signed in the presence of the Dutch minister of Economic affairs van Der Hoeven, and members of the Dutch council for microfinance, among whom chairman Laman Trip and Her Royal Highness Princess ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, June 8, 2010: The Dutch financial service provider, Rabobank Group, has obtained a 30% strategic stake in Banco Cooperativo Sicredi S.A., the central organisation of the 128 Sicredi credit cooperatives in Brazil. The deal follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two companies in 2009. Through this partnership, Rabobank aims to foster the development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in rural ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, June 4, 2010: Stimulating sustainable energy projects in developing countries, Rabobank Foundation has recently entered into a partnership with the Dutch NGO Hivos for providing microcredit to local farmers and small businesses to build biogas installations. The first project will build 8,000 biogas installations for farming families in Indonesia. Local farmers interested in building the biogas installations can expect the first Rabobank microcredits ... Full story