+ Follow MFIS Tag
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[Title] => BanKO eyes partnership with state-run funds
[Summary] => BPI Globe BanKo Inc. (BanKO), the world’s first mobile-based savings bank, is looking at possible partnerships with government-run funds to further grow its customer base.
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[Title] => Microfinance institutions get technology boost from Microsoft
[Summary] => Microsoft Corp., the world’s leading software company, will donate $1-million worth of software to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country to improve their services to poor households in the rural communities.
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[Title] => DBP allocates P1B for wholesale microfinance lending
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The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is stepping up its assistance to the microfinance sector with the approval of its micro-agri product by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as a microfinance loan.
Initial fund is P1 billion basically preferred for the agriculture sector including for enterprise development, housing, and agribusiness. The facility will be demand-driven at market rates.
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[Title] => ADB urges lower rates on microlending
[Summary] => The key to reducing interest rates on microcredit in a sustainable manner, is to cut costs through improved market competition, innovation, and efficiency, according to a study made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
"Interest rate ceilings are not an appropriate intervention, and there are no quick solutions or shortcuts," Nimal A. Fernando, ADB principal microfinance specialist said in the study entitled "Understanding and Dealing with High Interest Rates on Microcredit."
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[Title] => PCFC loan portfolio hits P2.4-B
[Summary] => DAVAO CITY – The Peoples Credit and Finance Corp. (PCFC), the country’s main conduit for microfinance lending, has registered a total loan portfolio of P2.35 billion in end September this year, or 17 percent higher than the P2 billion recorded for the whole of 2002. The loan portfolio has been growing by over 25 percent in the past four years.
The tremendous growth rate has prompted the PCFC hierarchy to target a P3.17-billion loan portfolio for next year.
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[Title] => World microfinance sector largely undeveloped
[Summary] => Only 10 percent of the potential market for microlending is being reached by the 10,000 microfinance institutions (MFIs) worldwide. The 10,000 MFIs operating around the world includes the specialized microfinance units within commercial banks, some rural banks, cooperatives and credit unions, non-government organizations (NGOs) engaging in microfinance, and a few state-owned development banks, among other institutional types.
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[Title] => P4.2B sought for relending to small borrowers
[Summary] => The microfinance industry needs at least P4.2 billion to provide for the financing of some one million borrowers from the lower segment of society.
In a national survey sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), microfinance institutions (MFIs) said they need the amount to beef up their loan portfolios and to expand their operations to meet the demands of one million borrowers.
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[Summary] => Microsoft Corp., the world’s leading software company, will donate $1-million worth of software to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the country to improve their services to poor households in the rural communities.
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The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is stepping up its assistance to the microfinance sector with the approval of its micro-agri product by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as a microfinance loan.
Initial fund is P1 billion basically preferred for the agriculture sector including for enterprise development, housing, and agribusiness. The facility will be demand-driven at market rates.
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"Interest rate ceilings are not an appropriate intervention, and there are no quick solutions or shortcuts," Nimal A. Fernando, ADB principal microfinance specialist said in the study entitled "Understanding and Dealing with High Interest Rates on Microcredit."
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The tremendous growth rate has prompted the PCFC hierarchy to target a P3.17-billion loan portfolio for next year.
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[Title] => P4.2B sought for relending to small borrowers
[Summary] => The microfinance industry needs at least P4.2 billion to provide for the financing of some one million borrowers from the lower segment of society.
In a national survey sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), microfinance institutions (MFIs) said they need the amount to beef up their loan portfolios and to expand their operations to meet the demands of one million borrowers.
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