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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Third European Research Conference on Microfinance, June...
Event Name: Third European Research Conference on Microfinance Event Date: June 10-12, 2013 Event Location: Kristiansand, Norway Cost: The participation fee is NOK 2000 (USD 356) until March 15, 2013,...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Among...
A group of lenders headed by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a state-owned bank, have made it compulsory for microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country to undergo...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Sudan’s Northern Darfur Ministry of Finance Seeking to...
According to a statement attributed to Abu Daoud Suleiman, the Minister of Finance, Economy, and Civil Service of the Sudanese state of North Darfur, his state reportedly will seek to increase rural...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)...
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a state-owned bank, with the help of the World Bank, a US-based international development institution, and implemented by the US-based nonprofit...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: India’s Bandhan Microfinance Institution to Cut Interest...
Bandhan Microfinance, a microfinance institution (MFI) based in Kolkata, India, has applied for a banking license to convert to a commercial bank, which reportedly will reduce costs, reduce interest...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Unit Trust of Tanzania (UTT) to Split into UTT...
Unit Trust of Tanzania (UTT), a government-owned trust fund established in 2003, reportedly has decided to split into three separate firms: UTT Microfinance, UTT Asset Management and Investor Service...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Nigerian Government Promotes 19 Microfinance Banks to...
The Nigerian government reportedly has financed the establishment of 19 microfinance banks and offered assistance in actualizing them in an effort to provide credit facilities to poor households in the...
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MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: Symbiotics 2013 MIV Survey Report: Market Data...
Published by Symbiotics Research and Advisory; 2013; 31 pages; available at: http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m//template.rc/1.9.62223 Symbiotics SA has conducted the seventh annual survey of...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation Loans...
The Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based provider of financial services to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other social businesses, recently informed...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Bajaj Group, CDC, CX, Newquest Place $96m in India’s...
Ujjivan, a microfinance lender primarily serving women in urban areas recently raised the equivalent of USD 48 million in a set of transactions that reportedly comprise the largest microfinance deal in...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India...
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the government agency charged with overseeing the country’s insurance market, recently announced that it has extended the deadline...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Loans...
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a development finance institution backed by the US government, recently invested USD 250 million through a senior debt facility in Bayport Management...
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MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Trends in International Funding for...
“Current Trends in International Funding for Financial Inclusion;” by M. Soursourian, E. Dashi and E. Dokle; published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor); December 2015; 4 pages; available...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) to Loan $5.5m...
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will loan EUR 5 million (USD 5.5 million) to Nova Ljubljanska Banka...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Qalaa Holdings Planning to Sell 70% Stake in Microlender...
Qalaa Holdings, an Egypt-based investment holding company previously named Citadel Capital, recently announced that it will sell its 70-percent ownership in Tanmeyah, an Egypt-based provider of...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO Completes $153m Syndicated Loan to Sri Lanka’s...
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), a Dutch development bank, recently served as lead arranger and facility agent to finalize a USD 153 million senior secured...
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MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Financing Necessary for SMEs to Grow;...
“ADB Report: Asia SME Finance Monitor 2014;” by S. Shinozaki, T. Chaiken, S. Jain, K. Dorofev, C. T. Delos Santos and J. Bautista; published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB); September 2015; 318...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: LeapFrog Investments Acquires Ghana’s UT Life Insurance
Leapfrog Investments, a for-profit private equity fund that invests in microinsurance and is based in Mauritius, recently acquired a majority stake in UT Life Insurance, a Ghana-based insurance...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) to Distribute Funds from...
Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), a state-owned bank in Indonesia, recently signed an agreement with Perbarindo, an Indonesian association of rural banks, to support the government-backed microloan program...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG) Provides...
The Luxembourg Fund Labeling Agency (LuxFLAG), a Luxembourg-based nonprofit organization that certifies the operations of investment vehicles that support microfinance and environmental initiatives,...
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