Asian Credit Fund (ACF) is a microfinance organization operating in Kazakhstan. ACF provides microloans for small businesses and supports households’ development predominantly in rural areas of Kazakhstan. In 2017 ACF launched its Green Economy programme, with a focus on “clean or green technology”. As part of its support for the
The Action Plans on Sustainable Finance, FinTech and a proposal for a Regulation on Crowdfunding was announced by European Commission in 8 March 2018. EC Vice-President Dombrovskis said in his speech: “To compete globally, Europe’s innovators need access to capital, space to experiment, and scale to grow. But we also
As a part of its efforts to educate and empower its clients, MFC Member Opportunity Bank Serbia (OBS) decided to install internet corners in its branches in order to enable clients to use computers and internet while waiting to be served. The first corners were piloted in Novi Sad, Kragujevac and
Organiser: European Commission Deadline: 24.05.2018 Budget: €2,225,000 Eligible applicants: established in one of the 28 EU countries The overall objective of this call is to support the creation, the improvement and the wider distribution of support schemes for migrant entrepreneurs. This call will identify potential entrepreneurs among migrants and raise awareness about entrepreneurship within migrant communities. Specifically,
The study Assessing the European market potential of business microcredit and the associated funding needs of non-bank MFIs depict a huge potential demand for small business loans across the EU-28 members states and the dynamism of a sector that needs adequate support to ensure a wider outreach to the
Topic: Uniting Tech and Touch: How Centaur Products Are Better for Consumers and Providers Date: March 6, 2018, ended 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
We are pleased to share with you the final evaluation results of our 2017 Borrow Wisely Campaign! The Borrow Wisely Campaign is an international initiative to promote customer protection standards and financial education. The Campaign is realised with our partners, which use an opportunity to re-confirm customers care orientation and
MFC and Accion are partnering on an action research project aimed at creating a digital tool (mobile phone application or responsive web site) that will support microfinance clients in changing their financial behavior. The digital solution will also help financial providers to learn more about the behaviors and interact more
MFC Members in Bulgaria met last week to discuss MFC’s new strategy. The strategy calls for reinventing social finance in the digital era and pledges to strengthen MFC members’ business and social performance through digitalization strategies and technology practises. MFC members in Bulgaria voiced their support the new strategy but
The EU’s financing programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) will receive an additional €100 million for its Guarantee scheme from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the core of the Investment Plan for Europe. The financial support comes on top of the original EaSI Guarantee instrument worth €96
