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Opportunity Colombia Receives Operational Banking License, Bringing Microfinance to More Impoverished Colombians
On Friday, June 22, the Superintendency of Finance in Bogotá, Colombia, granted Colombia the final operational banking license it needs to be a deposit-taking and full service bank. Opportunity Colombia‘s CEO Enrique Ordonez and his staff began the process of applying for this license 18 months ago in January 2011, and through perseverance, financial support, and a Read more…
Tagged Bank Building, Banking, Banking license, Bogotá, Clients, Colombia, displaced persons, Enrique Ordonez, Financial Access, Financial services, Global Poverty, Jon Yasuda, Latin America, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, news, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Poverty, Prayer, Savings, Spanish, Supporters, Training, Trust Groups, violence
Celebrating 40 Years of Microfinance with the “Holiday Fête” in Scottsdale, Arizona
On Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, 2011, the members of Opportunity International’s Arizona Board of Governors hosted the “Holiday Fête: Commemorating 40 Years of Client Impact and Transformation,” a 40th-anniversary celebration at the Gainey Ranch Golf Club in Scottsdale. “ is proud to celebrate our 40th year of working alongside our clients, staff and supporters to fight global poverty,” Read more…
Tagged 2011 YAO Insight Trip, 40th anniversary, Africa, Arizona, Banking on Women, Board of Directors, Board of Governors, Cindy Schwab-Salem, David Simms, fundraisers, Global Microfinance Operations, Jon Yasuda, Kadita “A.T.” Tshibaka, Kelly Flanagan, MFI, Microfinance, mobile banks, Opportunity International, Scottsdale, Tanzania, Tanzania Correspondent Contest, Trust Groups, Women, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity
Pepperdine University Welcomes Microfinance Loan Officer Susan Chunda
On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the Los Angeles chapter of YAO brought international guest Susan Chunda, an Opportunity Malawi loan officer, to share her experience with over 250 students on Pepperdine University’s campus. Students were lined up outside waiting to hear from Susan and the YAO-LA chapter about microfinance. Pepperdine students are especially excited about microfinance, as Read more…
Tagged Africa, Campus, campus coordinators, Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Insight Trip, International Visitor, Jon Yasuda, Loan Officer, Loan Officers, Loans, Los Angeles, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance club, Opportunity International, Opportunity Malawi, Pepperdine, Poverty, resource, Schools, Student resource page, Students, University, Women, YAO, yao-la, yao-los angeles, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
