Topic: Uniting Tech and Touch: How Centaur Products Are Better for Consumers and Providers Date: March 6, 2018 Time: 3:00 PM CET Presenter: CFI Fellow Alexis Beggs Olsen Host: Grzegorz Galusek, CEO, Microfinance Centre Only for MFC Members.  Become a member! Uniting Tech and Touch: How Centaur Products Are Better for Consumers and Providers – Evidence from Kenya—the newest research emerging from ...

Topic: Crowdfunding and Microfinance Date: February 26, 2018 Time: 11:00 – 12:00 CET Presenter: Oliver Gajda*, CEO, European Crowdfunding Network Host: Grzegorz Galusek, CEO, Microfinance Centre Only for CEOs MFC Members. Become a member!   For over a decade we have been witnessing the emergence of new forms of financing options for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs. New channels and ...

Watch the webinar!   The webinar will take place on 23rd January 2018 at 12:00 noon CET.  Please register for this meeting here. The webinar will present the results of the research aimed at exploring the role of microfinance in providing financial services to start-up enterprises. We will discuss opportunities and challenges faced by the microfinance sector to more deeply engage ...

Microfinance & Business start-ups: Review of the current practice in Europe   Mikfrofinans Norge microfinance precedent Watch WebEx recordings. Download the WebEx player first! Presentation in PDF Implementing the European Code of Good Conduct – practitioners experience Presentation in PDF   Delivering Financial Capability: A Look at Business Approaches This webinar was organised as part of the celebrations of the ...

Listen to the webinar!   The sky is the limit, some say. This is very true in case of Unni Sekkesæter from Mikrofinans Norge. Despite regulation forbidding money lending by any organization other than bank in Norway, Unni managed to convince the regulator to issue a precedent decision and grant her organization a permission to lend. Mikrofinans Norge is now ...

Implementing the European Code of Good Conduct – practitioners experience Join us on 15th November 2017 at 12.00pm! Watch the webinar! MFC is pleased to invite you to join the webinar focused on presenting practitioners experience about the EU Code implementation. During the session, we will learn how to effectively prepare for the Code evaluation based on the good.bee Credit (Romania) ...

 How to ensure that my organisation does not harm clients? 24 October| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CEST The session will focus on How to ensure that my organisation does not harm clients? and will look at how to understand good practice standards to prevent clients becoming overindebted, to understand the importance of transparency, and to examine some examples from ...

Introduction to Social Performance Management: What is it & what is the role of governance in effective SPM? September 28, 2017, 12.00 PM CEST This webinar will focus on what social performance management is and it will also seek to underline what the role of governance is in effective SPM. This webinar and Q&A session will be led by Kinga ...

Topic: SME Finance for Microfinance Institutions Date: September 11, 2017 (14:00 – 15:30 CET) Presenter: Matthew Gamser*, CEO, SME Finance Forum Join the meeting!   Increasingly, Microfinance Institutions are involved in working with small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), by extending their existing products and services or creating innovative approaches to address the needs of SMEs. SMEs are an attractive ...

Our third annual CEO Summit (part of our CEO Forum initiative) was held in Sarajevo this year, alongside our annual conference.  Discussion focused on the application and implications of fintech for microfinance, and novel approaches to engaging employees to create increased efficiency and talent retention. The Microfinance CEO Forum creates a unique space for collaboration, learning and sharing of best ...