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• Microfinance lenders to launch India Microfinance Platform

  Microfinance Focus, September 28, 2010: Major Indian banks which constitute the bulk of on-lending funds to the Indian microfinance industry are coming together to create ‘India Microfinance Platform’ - IMFP, as told to Microfinance Focus by industry sources. The platform is expected to come by the second week of October 2010. The need for such a ...

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• Mobile Banking for inclusive growth by microfinance institutions

  By Souren Ghosal, Microfinance Focus, September 16, 2010 : There is no doubt that the most popular mandate in developing countries is to outreach poor by creating employment opportunities and providing financial support to the poor ...2 comments

• RBI’s new banking license discussion paper: Different perspective

  

  By P N Vasudevan, Managing Director, Equitas Editorial Note: The Reserve Bank of India released a Discussion Paper on “Entry of New Banks in the Private Sector” last month. The paper invited views/comments of banks, ...2 comments

• Hidden Risks of Securitization – Part II: Establishing a Sounder Basis for Microfinance

  

  By Daniel Rozas and Vinod Kothari, Microfinance Focus , August 19, 2010 : Our earlier article on the Hidden Risks behind Microfinance Securitization raised serious concerns about the inherent and largely unrecognized risks ...8 comments

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  Editorial staff at Microfinance Focus has picked out the best and most interesting read interviews based on number of readings, discussion and feedback. Need ...0 comments

• SPANDANA could be next in IPO trail from Indian Microfinance sector

  

  Microfinance Focus, Aug 1, 2010: Seeing spectacular performance of SKS Microfinance IPO, other big players in the sector are also gearing up to explore the gains of capital market. Hyderabad based Spandana Sphoorty Financial Ltd, ...1 comment

• Enterprise-wide Risk Management in Microfinance Institutions: The ASA Experience

  

  By Saleh Khan, Country Director , ASA International, Nigeria This paper explores the typical risks that microfinance institutions (MFIs) face in their operations and outlines some of the steps that ASA, one of ...3 comments

• Islamic Microfinance – An idea whose time has come in India?

  

  By Priyanka Jayashankar and Robert Goedegebuure, Microfinance Focus, July 16, 2010 : As a plethora of financial inclusion models emerge across India, vast segments of the Muslim community still remain under-banked. In recent years, a handful ...1 comment

• The Fundamental Premise of Securitisation: The Microfinance Case Study

  

  By Vineet Sukumar, IFMR Capital, Microfinance Focus , July 14, 2010 : In a recent post in Microfinance Focus, Daniel Rozas and Vinod Kothari have argued that microfinance securitisation does not, in reality, separate ...0 comments

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  Microfinance Focus, Oct 13, 2010: Microfinance institutions in many countries have recently faced severe challenges in terms of portfolio quality ...

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• Growing microfinance commercialization causing declining women clientele

  Microfinance Focus, Oct 13, 2010: Speaking on the opening panel of Asia Microfinance Forum, Ms. Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and ...

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  Microfinance Focus, Oct 13, 2010: There is a broad international agreement on the importance of Financial Inclusion as a policy ...

• Asia Microfinance Forum 2010 kicks off in Sri Lanka

  Microfinance Focus, Oct 13, 2010: Bringing together hundreds of experts as partners for achieving greater financial inclusion in Asia, The ...

• Microfinance lending in LAC rose 13 percent in 2009 – IDB

  Microfinance Focus, Oct 11, 2010: According to a survey by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American ...

• PROFIN, RedCloud launch microfinance mobile money exchange in Bolivia

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