Tag Archives: Microfinance

Financial Inclusion: Credit Reporting for Microfinance? It Can Be Done. Just Ask Pakistan

Huddled in the crowded lobby of the Sheraton Arlington hotel at the annual SEEP Network Conference, we listened intently to Syed Mohsin Ahmed as he elaborated on Pakistan’s new Microfinance Credit Information Bureau (MF-CIB). We scribbled in our notebooks, taking … Continue reading

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Alibaba Eyes Online Financing Partnership

According to media reports, Alibaba Group chairman and CEO, Jack Ma, is looking to establish a joint venture to create an Internet-based financing business. The two other partners involved are reportedly represented by Ma Huateng, founder and CEO of Chinese … Continue reading

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Microfinance Under Attack

Important Facts:  In 2006 the founder of the Grameen Bank in India was hailed as an innovator for the poor and received a Nobel Prize for his work in developing what has been termed microfinance. Today that whole effort is … Continue reading

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