The MFC’s Partnership Programme for Country Associations is an initiative that is expected to move the cooperation with country level microfinance networks to a new, strategic level. The Microfinance Centre has signed strategic partnership with the China Association of Microfinance (CAM).  Apart from the above-mentioned the Programme has already been initiated with 13 country level associations: MFO (Macedonia), AMFI (BiH), AMFOT (Tajikistan), AMFA (Azerbaijan), ...

On the 20th of September, the Selection Committee for the European Microfinance Award 2018 on “Financial Inclusion through Technology” chose the three finalists who will go on to compete for the €100,000 prize: KMF of Kazakhstan, Advans CI of Ivory Coast and  ESAF Small Finance Bank of India. This year, the Award has highlighted the role of technology in advancing financial ...

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share with you the MFC Annual Report for 2017! Since its inception, the MFC has worked at the forefront of best practice in financial inclusion. To continue this engagement, last year the MFC Board and staff developed a new strategy that will support our members in navigating through the current era of rapid technological ...

  The European Microfinance Network (EMN) and the Microfinance Centre (MFC) are pleased to invite you to the Brussels-based event to celebrate the 4th European Microfinance Day (EMD)! On the occasion of the 4th European Microfinance Day Campaign, EMN and MFC are proud to announce that this year’s Brussels-based event will take place on 26 October. A panel debate will ...

Have you heard? The MFC Library is your source for all the latest publications on microfinance, financial inclusion, capacity building and other topics connected with FI. MFC specialists keep reviewing thousands of publications and recommend reports, which should not be missed. Today we’ve added two external publications: How Financial Institutions and Fintechs Are Partnering for Inclusion: Lessons from the Frontlines      ...

We are very pleased to introduce new MFC Member – GRANAT from Russian Federation. GRANAT is a non-bank financial institution (credit-only), operating under a license of the Central Bank of Russia. GRANAT’s mission is to promote prosperity in the communities where it works, through the delivery of responsible & sustainable financial services, that create lasting value for clients, investors and other ...

We’re kicking off our fifth annual Borrow Wisely Campaign in October! This year, 24 leading financial institutions will work across 16 countries in Europe and Central Asia to improve clients’ financial literacy knowledge and skills.  This year, our partners include: Farm Credit, Ucora (Armenia), AMFA (Azerbaijan), NOA Sh.a. (Albania), EKI, Lider, MiBospo,  Partner,  Sunrise (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Mikrofond , SIS Credit, USTOI (Bulgaria), Crystal (Georgia), KEPA (Greece), ...

The Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission will lead a process to update the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision. This activity, which is supported by microfinance experts Prof. Karl Dayson and Dr. Pål Vik from the University of Salford, will be organised in close collaboration with the European microfinance sector, among others ...

Only 2 weeks left to sign up for the biggest microfinance event of the year! Almost 500 microfinance practitioners, policy makers, financial inclusion experts, fintech enthusiasts and development officials from 39 countries have already registered for the Bilbao conference. Over 20 interactive workshops and discussion sessions will bring together an interdisciplinary group of practitioners and technology enthusiast to discuss digital ...