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Venture capital for low-income markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
Investing in housing, healthcare, education, basic utilities and nutrition can not only fulfill a social mission, but it can also be a profitable business venture.
Chilean bank pursues business opportunities in the low-income microenterprise market
Where others see obstacles, Chile’s Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (BCI) sees opportunities.
How financial illiteracy becomes both the cause and consequence of economic inequality
This is a blogpost on the CRS newswire that questions the usefulness of CSR programmes provided by banks and other financial institutions.
Vortex Engineering and Wizzit Bank announce new banking services for the rural poor
Two companies have announced that they will be providing banking services to more than 30 million low-income people in India and South Africa by 2015 through their commitments to the Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiative that encourages private sector efforts to fight poverty.
Banks team up with Endeavour to provide training for SMEs in Brazil
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is teaming up with Banco Itaú and Endeavour Brazil to provide training for small and medium-sized companies in Brazil that are interested in developing high-quality products and services to the neediest population in the country, in the so-called base of...
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in Nepal lends directly to small farmers
Standard Chartered started developing a formal microfinance programme in 2004, and is now active in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Ghana and Bangladesh.
Societe Generale: Microfinance helps to grow local economies
Societe Generale focuses its microfinance activities in those countries in which the Group provides universal banking products and services. Its strategy is implemented via its overseas network of subsidiaries which are encouraged to finance the different microfinance institutions of the countries...
Citi Microfinance: Expanding Access to Financial Services
The global financial services company, Citi, has a 40-year history of philanthropic and technical support in microfinance. Building on this, the company has launched a new scheme, Citi Microfinance, to focus on developing commercial relationships with microfinance institutions, networks and...
Santander Microcrédito (Banco Real ABN AMRO) works with Accion to support small businesses in Brazil
Santander Microcrédito, an initiative by Banco Real ABN AMRO, offers small loans to growing businesses that lack access to conventional forms of credit. Through the provision of microcredit, Banco Real ABN AMRO is committed to the economic and social development of its borrowers, and to promoting...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation makes financial services accessible to the poor
The Financial Services for the Poor initiative created by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provides poor people with reliable access to a range of safe, affordable financial tools and services intended to help them build better, healthier lives.