Countries & RegionsMicrofinance in Costa Rica:
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May 25, 2012 - 5:36am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) El rol de una banca sostenible en la promoción de inclusión financiera en América Latina fue uno de los temas abordados en los paneles de la Conferencia Interamericana sobre Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa (CSRAméricas 2012), organizada por el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones(Fomin) del BID, concluida este miércoles en Quito.Algunos bancos de la región han desarrollado estrategias para brindar atención financiera a gran escala ...
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May 18, 2012 - 2:46am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) Stefanini, una de las firmas pioneras de tecnología en la región, con sede en São Paulo, dio un paso estratégico en su objetivo de expandirse como proveedor de software para el sector microfinanciero en América Latina, al adquirir la empresa uruguaya Top Systems.Fundada en 1987 y con base en Montevideo, Top Systems (o Topaz) presta servicios a entidades de América Latina, el Caribe y Europa, con soluciones de core capaces ...
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May 1, 2012 - 7:59am
from Microfinance Focus
A USD 19.5 million partnership was announced by the MasterCard Foundation and EARTH University to provide educational opportunities to young people from disadvantaged communities in Africa, Latin America and The Caribbean. The partnership will offer comprehensive scholarships to 120 students at EARTH University - an international, non-profit university in Costa Rica with an innovative four-year program in sustainable agriculture, natural resource management and ...
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April 19, 2012 - 3:42am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) La Red Centroamericana y del Caribe de Microfinanzas (Redcamif) y la Red Panameña de Microfinanzas (Redpamif) invitan a la VI Conferencia Centroamericana y del Caribe “Microfinanzas: Creciendo con Inclusión”.El evento tendrá lugar del 5 al 7 de septiembre de 2012 en el Hotel Riu Plaza Panamá.
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April 4, 2012 - 12:49am
from MicroCapital
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group, has invested USD 10 million in equity in Chilean insurance company Aseguradora Magallanes (AM) in an effort to expand the availability of insurance products, such as life and agribusiness insurance, to owners of under-served small businesses in Chile [1]. The investment is also expected to encourage other investors to enter Chile’s insurance market [1].
For the year 2010, AM reported ...
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March 26, 2012 - 8:15am
from Mundo Microfinanzas
(Mundo Microfinanzas) Ha querido la fortuna sonreír a las microfinanzas en este primer tercio del año y hacer que el acontecimiento movilizador, el punto crítico en torno al cual se desmarcan posiciones y se repiensan dogmas, haya sido la publicación de un libro.Podría haber sido un anuncio espectacular, alguna declaración destemplada, un evento multitudinario, incluso ...
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March 22, 2012 - 5:48pm
from Portal de Microfinanzas - Noticias
Con el programa de la Cámara de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras “ Jóvenes Banqueros” , Costa Rica tendrá representación en la Cumbre Internacional de las Finanzas...
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March 6, 2012 - 3:41pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Christy Stickney, Habitat for Humanity
Can we possibly address financial inclusion without discussing housing microfinance?
Financing for housing is in great demand, frequently cited as clients’ top choice after a business loan, and is the most commonly identified utilization of business financing outside of financing businesses. MFIs consistently report that housing portfolios perform as well as or better than other loan products, and believe that it ...
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March 1, 2012 - 5:03am
from MicroCapital
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank Group member that aims to support private–sector development, has announced that it will assist the National Cooperative of Educators (Coopenae), a Costa Rican financial services company, to increase access to financial services for micro- and small enterprises. These enterprises reportedly represent 94 percent of formal companies and provide 33 percent of private-sector jobs in Costa Rica. IFC will provide USD 15 million for ...
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February 29, 2012 - 9:58am
from Morocco Microfinance Blog
Microfinance Focus, February 28, 2012: International Finance Corporation (IFC) has proposed to lend $50 million to Fullerton Credit, China, to increases financial access for the underserved micro and small business enterprises and the self-employed mass market.
The loan will be extended in local currency RMB to Fullerton Credit, Sichuan, Fullerton Credit, Chongqing and Fullerton Credit, Hubei.
The three companies together with a total of 22 branches across three provinces, ...
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February 27, 2012 - 5:54pm
from Center for Financial Inclusion Blog
> Posted by Susy Cheston, Senior Advisor for the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International
This post is part of the Center for Financial Inclusion’s Expert Exchange: Building A Movement Toward Financial Inclusion by ...
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February 21, 2012 - 10:45pm
from Kiva.org
By Alicia Silverstein, Review and Translation Program Intern“Before learning about Kiva in the Wall Street Journal, I hadn’t considered the internet’s ability to enable microfinance.” City: Duxbury, MALanguage: EnglishTeam: Kiva Comma SquadTime with Kiva: Since September 2010Outstanding ...
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February 14, 2012 - 2:14am
from MicroCapital
The Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA in Spanish), a Mexico-based association of Latin American central banks; the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the US-based Inter-American Development Bank; and the World Bank recently launched Envía Centro America, a free online tool that allows users to compare the cost and speed of sending remittances from the United States to seven Latin American countries, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, ...
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February 13, 2012 - 10:38am
from Microfinanzas.org - Fundación Galileo
Este artículo fue escrito por Deylin Zeledón, de SYSDE Costa Rica, para el Portal de Microfinanzas.
La consultora Gartner ha publicado las 10 principales tendencias en aplicaciones para teléfonos inteligentes o smartphones hasta 2012. Su análisis se fundamenta en los siguientes factores: impacto... Categorías: Noticias,
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February 3, 2012 - 3:04pm
from RemittancesGateway
CEMLA, MIF/IDB and World Bank Launch enviacentroamerica.org To Make Costs and Conditions of Remittances More Transparent
The Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA, for its initials in Spanish), the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of Inter-American Development Bank ...
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February 3, 2012 - 3:04pm
from RemittancesGateway
CEMLA, MIF/IDB and World Bank Launch enviacentroamerica.org To Make Costs and Conditions of Remittances More Transparent
The Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA, for its initials in Spanish), the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of Inter-American Development Bank ...
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January 19, 2012 - 12:46am
from Kiva.org
It’s a new year, which means it’s time to look back and reflect on all that we have been able to accomplish together in the year that’s passed. It has been an extremely busy year of learning and growth, a year of many exciting firsts, meaningful milestones and inspiring numbers! Here are just some of the great things that we hope everyone will remember, and celebrate, about 2011...Exciting Firsts...We introduced
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January 18, 2012 - 5:03am
from MicroCapital
Switzerland’s responsAbility Social Investments AG (responsAbility) recently reported to MicroCapital that it has made loans amounting to USD 4 million to Cambodian financial institutions ACLEDA Bank and Hattha Kaksekar Limited (HKL). ACLEDA Bank received USD 1 million each from three microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) managed by responsAbility: responsAbility Microfinance Leaders Fund (rAMLF), responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF) and responsAbility Mikrofinanz-Fonds ...
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January 6, 2012 - 11:39am
from MicroCapital
Omtrix, a Costa Rica-based fund manager and financial consulting firm, has announced the launch of the Higher Education Finance Fund (HEFF), a student loan financing fund to promote and finance higher education opportunities for low-income youth in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay and Peru. HEFF will provide loans to microfinance institutions (MFIs) for on-lending to underprivileged youth seeking funding for higher education. Omtrix, which was responsible for ...
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December 24, 2011 - 2:52am
from Microfinance Focus
Microfinance Focus, December 24, 2011: Omtrix, a Costa Rica based fund manager and financial consultancy firm has launched a $ 35 million High Education Finance Fund (HEFF) that will promote and finance higher education careers to underserved low income youth.
The fund will provide loans to a network of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay and Peru which in turn will provide student loans to underprivileged ...
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