Thailand Post offices nationwide could be transformed into microfinance centres as part of the government’s bid to extend financial services to lower-income groups, said Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij. …
CrediMujer, the microfinance institution (MFI) I’m working with here in Peru, lends exclusively to women, acknowledging that financial independence is crucial to women’s equality. CrediMujer is part of a larger organization called …
News release: “The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued the final version of its paper entitled Microfinance activities and the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. The Basel Core Principles for Effective …
Microfinance Focus, Aug 30. 2010: In an Exclusive Interview with Microfinance Focus, MFX’s President Mr. Brian Cox discussed the susceptibility of.
Microfinance is succeeding at putting money into the hands of poor people but too often ill health causes them to slip back down the ladder into poverty again, said Chris Dunford, President of Freedom from Hunger. …
In less than a decade, SKS emerged as the largest micro-finance institution (MFI) in the country. Profits after tax (PAT) increased from Rs 2 crore in FY07 to Rs 80 crore in FY09, and Rs 174 crore in FY10. Little wonder, then, that the …
The Leasing Association of Sri Lanka (LASL), the Apex body of the leasing industry in Sri Lanka has teamed up with the Banking With The Poor Network (BWTP) as a Supporting Partner for AMF 2010. AMF 2010 will be held from October 12 to …
According to Malawi Microfinance Network of Malawi (MAMN) a mother body of the country’s micro financing institutions if the country can boost the microfinance sector through enabling people to access loans for starting small scale …
Guidance will assist supervisors in applying the core principles.
Grameen has developed a new microfinance social impact assessment tool called Progress Out of Poverty Index which is based on MIX’s social performence indicators.
