Publication: MicroCapital

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF) Loans $370k to Microfinance Institution Chamroeun of Cambodia

The Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based nonprofit that provides financial services to microfinance institutions, recently notified MicroCapital that it approved the local-currency loan equivalent to approximately ... [Published MicroCapital - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Microfinance, Crédit Agricole SA, Cambodia

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Promotes Entrepreneurship Through 20-week Startup Design Course, Supports “Small Business Credit Guarantee Scheme”

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), the monetary authority of six Caribbean nations including Antigua and Barbuda, in partnership with the Antigua Barbuda Investment (ABI) Bank, a private bank founded in 1990, recently hosted a 20-week entrepreneurship ... [Published MicroCapital - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Antigua and Barbuda, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Entrepreneurship, Startup

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Land Bank of Philippines Announces Bayadload E-Payment Service for Mandatory Government Contributions

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), a government bank specializing in serving farmers and fishermen, has announced that it will partner with Smart Hub, a subsidiary of Filipino telecom Smart Communications, to offer a new e-payment channel called ... [Published MicroCapital - May 17 2013]

Entities: Philippines, Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas, Mobile Money Transfer, Workers

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Trico Charitable Foundation to Host 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum, October 2-4, 2013, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Event Name: 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) Event Date: October 2-4, 2013 Event Location: Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Cost: Event registration costs CAD 595 (USD 584) before July 25, 2013, or CAD 695 (USD 682) after ... [Published MicroCapital - May 17 2013]

Entities: Enterprise, Calgary, Canada

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

KBC Groep NV

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Telenor, Societe Generale to Purchase Serbian Unit of KBC Banka

Telenor Group, a telecommunications company based in Norway, and Societe Generale, a France-based financial institution, have agreed to purchase KBC Banka, the Serbian unit of KBC Group, a Belgium-based financial institution, for an undisclosed price. ... [Published MicroCapital - May 17 2013]

Entities: KBC Groep NV, Telenor ASA, Société Générale SA

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Bank of Ghana Grants Licenses to 171 Financial Institutions as 116 Fraud Cases Involving Unlicensed Institutions are Pending

Dr Yaw Gyima-Larbi, the head of microfinance and banking supervision at the Bank of Ghana (BoG), reportedly has announced that the central bank has granted final operating licenses to 171 financial institutions. These include 143 microfinance companies ... [Published MicroCapital - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bank of Ghana, Microfinance, Fraud, Ghana

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Multilateral Investment Fund

MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean, Savings Groups Leading to Advocacy, Microinsurance in the Philippines

“Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012: Differing Behavior Across Subregions;” by Maria Luisa Hayem; published by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF); 2013; 27 pages; available at http://www5.iadb.org/mif/HOME/Knowledge/tabid/426/idPublication/78709/language/en-US/Default.aspx ... [Published MicroCapital - May 16 2013]

Entities: Microfinance, Philippines, Multilateral Investment Fund

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Pakistan’s Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Establishes Branchless Banking Service “HBL Express”

Habib Bank Limited (HBL), a Pakistani commercial bank, has implemented a new branchless banking service, HBL Express. HBL Express allows customers to send and receive money from other parts of the country and pay utility bills by meeting with an HBL ... [Published MicroCapital - May 15 2013]

Entities: Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan, Kazi Abdul Muktadir, Research Associate, Western Union Company

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Bangladeshi Microfinance Institutions Boost All-Time Microcredit Disbursals to $2.7b

A recent report from Bangladesh’s Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA), a Bangladeshi agency charged with licensing and supervising microfinance institutions (MFIs), reportedly indicates that as of June 2012, the end of the last fiscal year, Bangladeshi ... [Published MicroCapital - May 15 2013]

Entities: Microfinance, Bangladesh, Boost

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Accion Venture Lab to Invest $10m in 5 Startups Aiming to Bring Financial Services to Poor People, Including Salud Facil of Mexico, Varthana of India

Accion, a US-based provider of microenterprise loans and business training in 31 countries, has announced that its Accion Venture Lab, which provides seed capital and management support to financial inclusion startups, has invested an aggregate of USD ... [Published MicroCapital - May 14 2013]

Entities: Microfinance, India, Mexico

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Development Bank of Jamaica Commits $2b to Micro-, Small Businesses

The Jamaican Minister of Finance and Planning, the Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, reportedly announced in the House of Representatives that the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), a government-owned development bank, will commit JMD 2 billion (USD 20 million) ... [Published MicroCapital - May 14 2013]

Entities: Development Bank of Jamaica, Small Businesses, Microfinance, Bank of Jamaica

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) to Loan $6m to Mikrofin Banja Luka of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Inecobank of Armenia

The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), has recently disbursed a loan of EUR 4 million (USD 5.2 million) to Mikrofin Banja Luka of Bosnia and Herzegovina and AMD 375 million (USD 911,600) ... [Published MicroCapital - May 14 2013]

Entities: Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Microfinance

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