MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Jamaica’s Ministry of Finance Delays Microfinance Institutions’ Exemptions from Money Lending Act, Blocking Wholesale Funding from Development Bank of Jamaica
Members of the Jamaica Micro Financing Association (JaMFA), a committee of eight microfinance institutions formed in 2008, reportedly have had their access to relatively cheap wholesale funds from the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), a state-owned bank, blocked due to delays in the Ministry of Finance in renewing their exemptions from the Money Lending Act, [...]
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based government-backed investor in microfinance, has loaned a total of EUR 7 million (USD 9.3 million) to Mikrofin Banja Luka, a microfinance institution based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and MF Banka, a subsidiary of Mikrofin formed in 2010, for on-lending to micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) in [...]
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently notified MicroCapital that it has opened a EUR 1.5 million (USD 1.9 million) credit line for Mikrokreditna Fondacija Mi-Bospo, a microlender in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) that loans exclusively to women [1]. The UK-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [...]
By Dr Priyanka Jayashankar, Microfinance Focus, May 30, 2013: (Asad Mahmood, the Managing Director of Global Social Investment Funds at Deutsche Bank, discussed Deutsche bank’s initiatives to promote microfinance and social entrepreneurship to Microfinance Focus on the sidelines of the 9th Annual Zell Center Chicago Microfinance Conference) Asad Mahmood straddles two worlds: one which is [...]
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Microfinance Focus, May 29, 2013: The European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), a network of over 135 organizations and individuals active in the area of microfinance in Europe has announced the date of European Microfinance Week for the current year. European Microfinance Week, an annual conference organized by e-MFP will take place in the Abbaye de Neumünster, [...]
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Microfinance Focus, May 21, 2013: Practitioners and academics brought to light a wide range of issues concerning the microfinance sector on The 9th Annual Zell Center Chicago Microfinance Conference on May 3, 2013. The Chicago Booth School of Business, Kellogg School of Management and Harris School of Public Policy have organised the conference, which is [...]
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Ya es posible visitar la página de internet del XVI Foro interamericano de la microempresa (Foromic 2013) cuyo lema será “El reto de la productividad: Financiando...
La Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) da a conocer la autorización de la primera Sociedad Financiera Comunitaria (Sofinco), la cual se integra al sistema...
El reemplazo del registro manual y en papel de los cobros de primas por una solución compatible con teléfonos móviles le permitió a UAB Vie simplificar los procesos...
Innovation, autonomie, impact : 3 défis que 3 directeurs d’institutions de microfinance d’Amérique Centrale, d’Afrique de l’Ouest et d’Asie du Sud-Est évoqueront durant 5 minutes à travers leur expérience.
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La Conférence internationale des donateurs « Ensemble pour le renouveau du Mali », coprésidée par l’Union européenne et la France, a réuni le 15 mai à Bruxelles des promesses de dons qui ont dépassé toutes les espérances. Les bailleurs de fonds se sont engagés à investir 3,25 milliards d’euros pour soutenir le Plan pour la Relance Durable du Mali 2013-2014 (PRED).
La 6ème rencontre entre les Commissions européenne et de l’UA a été l’occasion de dresser le bilan à ce jour des réalisations du Partenariat et de lancer la réflexion sur son avenir, en préparation du 4ème Sommet Afrique-UE qui se tiendra en avril 2014 à Bruxelles.
The sixth meeting between the European Union Commission and the African Union Commission was the opportunity to set out the state of play on what the partnership has achieved to date and to launch a period of reflection on its future to prepare the 4th EU-Africa Summit, which will take place in Brussels in April 2014.
