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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…
Posted in Bank Building, Faith in Action, Loans, Local Staffing, Our Leadership, Our Mission and Vision, Our Motivation, Our Work, Savings, Training, Trust Groups, Where We Work
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
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
Day 1: Family Week Insight Trip to See the Country, Meet the People of Colombia
This week, supporters are traveling on the Family Week Insight Trip to Colombia. The following travel blog post was written by Katherine Gardner, teenage daughter of David and Margaret, reflecting on Day 1 of her family’s Colombian journey with Opportunity. Today was the first day of our Colombia Insight Trip. As we boarded our bus, gleaming Read more…
Posted in Faith in Action, Insight Trips, Loans, Our Mission and Vision, Our Work, Training, Trust Groups
Tagged Bogotá, Clients, Colombia, Colombia Family Week Trip 2011, Community, Ending Poverty, family week trip, Financial services, Guest Post, Insight Trip, Jesus Christ, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Poverty, Spanish, Training, Trust Groups, Women
Tagged Bogotá, Clients, Colombia, Colombia Family Week Trip 2011, Community, Ending Poverty, family week trip, Financial services, Guest Post, Insight Trip, Jesus Christ, Loan Officer, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity Colombia, Opportunity International, Poverty, Spanish, Training, Trust Groups, Women
