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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Tanzania Postal Bank (TPB), World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Launch “TPB Popote” to Reac... 1 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
The Tanzania Postal Bank (TPB), a Tanzania-based financial services organization, recently partnered with the World Savings Banks Institute (WSBI), a Switzerland-based international banking associatio...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Brazil’s Lower House of Congress Passes 1% Tax on Microinsurance 1 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
The lower house of the National Congress of Brazil recently approved a new financial operations tax for microinsurance companies of approximately one percent on the sale of microinsurance. Companies t...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: German KfW Bank Invests $3.28m in Equity in Invest India Micro Pension Services 31 Jul 2013 | 10:05 am
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Entwicklungsbank (KfW), a German state-owned development bank, has invested USD 3.28 million in equity in Invest India Micro Pension Services (IIMPS), a New Delhi-based ...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: African Insurance Organization (AIO) Inaugurates Microinsurance Committee to Oversee Growth of Microinsurance in the Continent 31 Jul 2013 | 10:03 am
The African Insurance Organization (AIO), a Cameroon-based nonprofit that seeks to promote inter-African cooperation in developing Africa’s insurance and reinsurance industry, recently inaugurated a M...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Ecobank, Lonestar Cell MTN Launch “Mobile Money School Fees Payment Service” in Liberia 30 Jul 2013 | 10:03 am
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), a pan-African banking conglomerate that operates in 33 African countries, and Lonestar Cell Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN), a member of the multinati...
MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “From Blueprint to Scale: The Case for Philanthropy in Impact Investing;” by Harvey Koh, Ashish Karamchandani and Robert K... 30 Jul 2013 | 10:03 am
By Harvey Koh, Ashish Karamchandani and Robert Katz; published by Monitor Group and the Acumen Fund; April 2012; 68 pages; available at: http://www.mim.monitor.com/downloads/Blueprint_To_Scale/From%20...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Government of Sri Lanka Proposes Regulations for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) 30 Jul 2013 | 10:03 am
The government of Sri Lanka recently proposed a three-tier regulatory and supervisory framework that, if passed, will be applicable to Sri Lankan microfinance institutions (MFIs) that accept deposits ...
MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: Symbiotics 2013 MIV Survey Report: Market Data and Peer Group Analysis 29 Jul 2013 | 06:42 pm
Published by Symbiotics Research and Advisory; 2013; 31 pages; available at: http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m//template.rc/1.9.62223 Symbiotics Research and Advisory, a member of the Switz...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loans $50m to AccessBank of Azerbaijan for Micro-, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises in Rural Areas 29 Jul 2013 | 10:02 am
AccessBank, an Azerbaijani for-profit microfinance institution (MFI), recently notified MicroCapital that the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral finance institution based in the Philippines,...
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Oikocredit USA Summit 2013: Investing in People, Empowering Communities, September 5-6, 2013, Washington, DC, USA 28 Jul 2013 | 10:02 am
Event Name: Oikocredit USA Summit 2013: Investing in People, Empowering Communities Event Date: September 5-6, 2013 Event Location: Hyatt Regency Washington, DC, USA Cost: The cost of the event is ...
