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Microfinance in Bangladesh: It's Not What You Thought
Huffington Post (blog)
Ask a casual observer to describe microfinance, and most likely he or she will mention Bangladesh and tiny group-guaranteed loans for women. But on a recent trip to Bangladesh, I learned that the Bangladeshi microfinance sector has moved on. Way on.



'Govt keen to promote microfinance'
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA Association of Karnataka Microfinance Institutions (AKMI) and Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) organised a conference on 'financial inclusion in Karnataka ...
Government interested in FDI than MFIsIBNLive.com

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Firstpost

SKS Microfinance: India Inc's biggest loser
Firstpost
•SKS Microfinance, the troubled microfinance company whose founder Vikram Akula left in November last year, topped the list with a net loss of Rs 427 crore —its fourth straight quarterly loss and the highest since listing on the exchange.

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MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: Global Microscope on the Microfinance Business ...
MicroCapital
This paper examines the microfinance business environments in 55 countries, comparing them across three categories: supporting institutional framework, political stability, and regulatory framework and practices. It is the fifth annual paper in the ...



Robbers Who Broke Into Microfinance Arrested
AllAfrica.com
The wave of robberies and attacks at money transfer agencies, banks, micro-finance and microcredit institutions and their clients in the metropolis, together with the suspects' geriatric appearance and the catchy label given them by local security ...



Banks raise loan costs for MFIs
Livemint
Mumbai: Public sector banks have raised the effective interest rate at which they lend money to microfinance institutions (MFIs) to between 15% and 18%, citing higher risks in the sector. MFIs are companies that issue small loans to poor borrowers.

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Microfinance Services in Ghana Greeted With Hope, Concern
Voice of America
February 06, 2012 Microfinance Services in Ghana Greeted With Hope, Concern Joana Mantey | Accra Microfinance, providing financial services to low-income clients, has gained popularity in Ghana in the past 20 years and has played an important role in ...

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BusinessDay

Microfinance banks get waiver from cash processing charges
BusinessDay
Microfinance banks operating in the country have been granted waiver for cash collection and lodgment processing charges by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Meanwhile, microfinance banks' customers are not exempted from the cash-lite economy in terms ...
FG to establish micro-finance fundVanguard
Financial Exclusion - Nigeria Lags Behind Kenya, Bostwana, South AfricaAllAfrica.com
MFBs asked to report quarterly unaudited CARPakistan Daily Times
Business Recorder -The Nation -Leadership Newspapers
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Credit Bureau, MiDAS, Launched by ...
MicroCapital
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) Taytay Sa Kauswagan Incorporated (TSKI), Opportunity Kauswagun Bank, CARD Bank, CARD NGO, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation Incorporated, Ahon Sa Hirap and ASA Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement creating ...



Firstpost

SKS Microfinance Securitizes More Loans
Wall Street Journal
By ASHUTOSH JOSHI And SUDEEP JAIN MUMBAI -- SKS Microfinance Ltd. Monday said it has securitized one of its loan portfolios for 2.43 billion rupees ($50 million) via a rated pool assignment transaction, a move which could possibly help the struggling ...
SKS Microfinance trims its loan book by Rs 243 croreEconomic Times
SKS Microfinance Raises Rs 243Cr Through SecuritisationVC Circle
SKS Microfinance securitises Rs 243 cr of receivablesNDTV
Moneycontrol.com -Microfinance Focus -Firstpost
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