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THE Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Micro-finance held a recognition program for its Dumanjug branch clients last April 30 at Little Flower School in Dumanjug town, southwest Cebu. During the event, RAFI’s clients of five to 10 years were given certificates and giveaways. The program was led by RAFI Micro-finance executive director Ma. Theresa Catipay. [...]
THIS column, in its two consecutive issues, you learned two micro enterprises for you to start with… ifyou have the passion in it. You will be learning another micro business this time and this is… Starting a Micro Lending Business.
JEDDAH, 1 October 2004 — ALJ Fund for Small Business has organized a workshop in collaboration with the Association of Businessmen in Alexandria, on ways of implementing micro-credit programs to develop communities and finance small projects.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Bernama) -- Microcredit organisation Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) has set a target to disburse RM1.87 billion this year, an increase of RM500 million compared with 2011.
Microfinance institutions in Kerala have sought exemption from the Moneylenders’ Act. The Kerala Association of MFIs (Kamfi) made the request to the state minister for rural development, Mr K. C. Joseph, here this morning.
SKS Microfinance, the only listed micro lender in the country, plans to offer an endowment life insurance policy to its borrowers once again. The Hyderabad-based micro finance company had exited this business in 2009.
SPRINGFIELD, IL- The Springfield Project is looking for small businesses with big goals. The organization is once again offering a micro-loan program. The goal of the program is to give financial and
Money will be used for the Zebit micro-lending analytics platform
Zebit, a brand of San Diego-based Global Analytics Holdings, closed a $25 million series D round of venture funding to finance the rollout of a platform serving micro lending, the company announced May 24.
Zebit®, the first end-to-end big data platform for financial transactions, has just closed a $25 million series D round of funding. Parent company Global Analytics Holdings, Inc. will use the investment led by Mohr Davidow Ventures to fund Zebit’s innovative platform-as-a-service in the financial sector as well as the growth of its micro-lending business.
RICHMOND—Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced May 23 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on a new microloan program to help small and family farm operations progress through their start-up years.
Farmers are not a good investment risk. Their business requires substantial influxes of capital to erect barns, buy tractors, and plant seeds, with little guarantee of return. When a river floods or a heat wave hits, it can throw the best business plan off course. One of the best ways for farmers to borrow money is to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture , which can provide hundreds of ...
BanKo, the microfinance arm of the Ayala Group, has an unorthodox way of doing business. While its main objective is to lend small sums to ordinary people, it requires borrowers to sign an agreement to save.
Confidence among players in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) banking industry and the launch of new microfinance and mobile banking initiatives highlight the sector’s potential to grow amid the country’s natural resource-based surging growth.
The Prospero Foundation, founded by Ulrik DeBo of DeBondo Capital, is proud to announce that a micro-loan donation has been made to an Armenian Cattle Farmer, via Nor Horizon UCO LLPBach, Switzerland (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 The Prospero Foundation, founded by Ulrik DeBo of DeBondo Capital, is proud to announce that a micro-loan donation has been made to an Armenian Cattle Farmer, via Nor Horizon ...
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have something to cheer about. Securitised microfinance loans are getting grades that are better than the ratings assigned to micro lenders selling these portfolios, say analysts and those in the sector.
