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Andhra Pradesh: Will the Crisis Spread Throughout India?
In mid-October, the government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh passed an ordinance severely restricting the operations of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the region. The controversial action was taken after local officials complained of wide-spread abuses in the rapidly growing for-profit microfinance sector; the MFIs have challenged the ordinance in the state’s high Read more…
Tagged Agricultural finance, Andhra Pradesh, Bank Building, Bank for the poor, CGAP, Clients, Education, Ending Poverty, Financial services, India, Insurance, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Microinsurance, Opportunity India, Opportunity International, Poverty, Rural Outreach, Savings, SEEP Network, Smart Campaign, Technology, Training
SEEP Conference Breakfast Workshop, “E-Banking with Agent Networks”
The 25th Annual SEEP Conference ended Friday after five days of sessions for microenterprise practitioners to learn and connect on the challenges and opportunities faced by microfinance institutions and policymakers. A number of Opportunity staff were at the Arlington, Va. conference, including SVP of technology Daryl Skoog, director of knowledge management Estelle Berger, COO of Read more…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, Africa, agent network, Conference, Daryl Skoog, E-banking, Ending Poverty, Financial services, GloboKasNet, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Mobile Banking, Mozambique, Omidyar Network, Opportunity International, opportunity mozambique, Peru, point-of-sale devices, POS devices, Poverty, Savings, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, Technology, Temenos T24
SEEP Conference: “Panel Explores Tools to Help Manage Funding Risk in Current Economic Climate”
The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog today, Thursday, Nov. 4. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. When the global financial crisis hit in Read more…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, Blogging, Conference, Ending Poverty, Eric Meyer, Financial services, Guest Post, Loans, MFI, MFX Solutions, Microfinance, Microfinance Information Exchange, Microlinks blog, mitigate risk, MIX Market, Opportunity International, Poverty, Risk management, Risks, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, USAID
SEEP Conference: “Newspaper Headline Risk for MFIs-Transparency in Interest Rates and Returns”
The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. The microfinance industry in India has Read more…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, Blogging, Clients, Conference, Ending Poverty, Eric Meyer, Guest Post, India, interest rates, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Microlinks blog, Opportunity International, Poverty, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, The Wall Street Journal
SEEP Conference: “Our Best Thoughts Come from Others”
The following post was originally published on the USAID‘s new Microlinks blog on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. Ralph Waldo Emerson once quipped that Read more…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Blogging, Conference, Ending Poverty, Eric Meyer, Financial services, Guest Post, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Microlinks blog, mitigate risk, Opportunity Blog, Opportunity International, Poverty, Savings, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, USAID, what we're reading
Event: Connecting and Inspiring Microfinance Professionals at the 25th Anniversary of the SEEP Conference
All this week, the 2010 SEEP Conference will be taking place in Arlington, Va. The annual conference is a forum for microenterprise development practitioners from around the globe to connect on the challenges and opportunities they face. Opportunity International is an associate partner at the conference, which is supported and attended by microenterprise practitioners, policy Read more…
Tagged 2010 SEEP Conference, CGAP, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Portfolios of the Poor, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, Poverty, SEEP Conference, SEEP Network, Social Media, strategic partners, Technology, Training, Twitter, Two Dollar a Day Challenge, USAID
Ask a Microfinance Expert: Developing a Cost-Benefit Analysis Tool
Microfinance practitioners and microfinance enthusiasts alike agree that the sustainability of microfinance institutions hinges on the success of cost-benefit analysis. Opportunity’s Director of Knowledge Management Estelle Berger recently produced a report on this very topic. She worked with the SEEP Network and USAID to capture and record Opportunity’s experience with developing a cost-benefit analysis tool Read more…
Ask a Microfinance Expert: M-Banking
The microfinance landscape has changed because of the advent of mobile phone banking technology. With the simple use of a cellular phone, Opportunity clients can check their account balances, transfer money between accounts, send money to other people, pay bills, receive salary or government payments, and buy airtime. If the people cannot come to the Read more…
Tagged IGP Learning Network, Mobile Banking, Mobile Phones, Rural banking, SEEP Network, Technology
Women Advancing Microfinance in Chicago
At Opportunity International’s US office, we draw our motivation and sense of purpose from the stories of our clients and their families as they build a bridge out of poverty. This week, I am further inspired by a different group of people – the members of Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM) Chicago. On September 17th this Read more…
Tagged Accion, Chicago, Development, Education, Ending Poverty, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Microenterprise Development, Microfinance, SEEP Network, ShoreBank, Traditional banking sector, Training, WAM International, Women, Women Advancing Microfinance, Women's Philanthropy, WON
