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Is access to financial services a human right?
Opportunity International’s April DuBois opened her presentation today at the 7th International Human Rights Forum in Lucerne, Switzerland, with this question. She and Opportunity’s Daryl Skoog partnered with Fabian Huwyler of Credit Suisse to present a special workshop on “Electronic Wallets – Reaching More of the World’s Poor with Financial Access.” And back in the States, Read more…
Tagged Africa, April DuBois, Children, Credit Suisse, Daryl Skoog, Education, Electronic transactions, Electronic wallet strategy, Financial Access, Human Rights, Insurance, International Human Rights Forum, Loans, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, Muhammad Yunus, Obstacles, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, Technology, Training
Cell Phone Banking Technology Comes to Opportunity Malawi
Opportunity International is excited to announce that, after several years and many challenges, Opportunity Malawi launched its cell phone banking product, Banki Mmanja, on May 7 in the rural district of Dowa. In 2007, Opportunity started work on a project that could tap into the country’s huge network of cell phone users and bring the bank Read more…
Tagged Africa, Cell Phones, Children, Credit Suisse, Dowa, Half the Sky, International Women's Day, Kenya, Loans, Malawi, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, Nairobi, Ndirande, Opportunity International, POS devices, Poverty, Rural banking, Technology, WON
Serving the People of Malawi with a New Satellite Bank Branch
Community members in Ndirande, Malawi admire the new satellite bank branch. Exciting news from Malawi… Opportunity Malawi has now opened a satellite bank branch in Ndirande Township, an informal settlement located three miles south of Blantyre and six miles from Limbe, and the largest community in the Blantyre area. The roads in the densely populated township Read more…
Tagged Africa, ATMs, Cell phone banking, Credit Suisse, Family, Loans, Malawi, Marketplace, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, Ndirande, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Poverty, Satellite bank branch, Savings, Technology, Training, Women's Opportunity Network, WON
YAO Insight Trip Participants Reflect on the Microfinance Clients of Tanzania
In September 2009, 21 people traveled on a nine-day YAO Insight Trip to Tanzania. The diverse group included students, business-owners, financiers, and other globally-minded young people interested in seeing microfinance at work in Tanzania. Now, in honor of Opportunity International‘s launch of Tanzanian clients on OptINnow, in the first of a series of blog posts, Read more…
Will Microfinance Institutions Ever Be an Asset Class on Wall Street?
Last Friday at the Chicago Microfinance Conference, a group of investors explored the issue of microfinance investments and capital markets in a session entitled “Microfinance and Wall Street: Will MFIs ever be an Asset Class?” The conversation revolved around two primary questions: has the perception of institutional investors changed with the financial crisis, and would MFIs Read more…
Tagged Accion, Creation Investments Social Ventures Fund, Education, Eric Meyer, IFMR Capital, LLC, Loans, Managment, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance industry, Microfinance Information Exchange, Microplace, Opportunity International, OptINnow, Poverty, Savings, Students, Wall Street, Women's Opportunity Network, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
Happy Mother’s Day from Opportunity International!
Please be sure to visit our Global Opportunity Quilt at OptINnow.org/Mothers to see the beautiful patches purchased and read the inspiring messages supporters have dedicated to the important women in their lives. We at Opportunity have enjoyed sharing our own reflections on this important day. Below is a list of our blog entries in honor Read more…
Please Join Us for the National Day of Prayer
Today, May 6th, is the National Day of Prayer. Please take a moment today to join Opportunity International in prayer… …For our clients that they would be empowered to transform their lives spiritually, socially and economically. …For their families and communities that there would be justice and peace in families and communities involved with Opportunity. …For our Read more…
Tagged National Day of Prayer, Opportunity International, Poverty, Prayer
