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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Asociación de Bancos del Perú (ASBANC) Partners with...
The Asociación de Bancos del Perú (ASBANC), an association of 23 financial institutions in the country, has announced a partnership with Ericsson, a Sweden-based telecommunications company, with the...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Safaricom Lowers M-Pesa Transaction Fees for Electronic...
Safaricom, a telecommunications provider in Kenya, recently decreased the transaction fees that the firm charges for its “person-to-person” fund transfers via M-Pesa, a mobile money service developed...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC) Acquires Minority...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the US-based World Bank Group, recently announced that it has invested BRL 80 million (USD 36 million) to acquire a minority...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Green for Growth Fund, Southeast Europe (GGF) Lends $2m...
The Green for Growth Fund, Southeast Europe (GGF), a Germany-based fund that invests in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, has disbursed a senior loan of EUR 2 million (USD 2.6 million)...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Warid Telecom, Bank Alfalah, Monet Launch Mobile Money...
Warid Telecom, a United Arab Emirates-based provider of cellular phone service in three countries, and Bank Alfalah Limited (BAFL), a Pakistani financial institution, in collaboration with Monet...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) to Move...
The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), a network of financial policymakers from developing and emerging economies, announced at its recent annual 2014 Global Policy Forum in Port of Spain,...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF)...
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based foundation providing financial services to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other social businesses, recently...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based financial institution that operates in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa, recently began funding advisory services to...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Project Concern International (PCI) to Target 250,000...
Project Concern International (PCI), a US-based non-governmental organization (NGO), recently announced that it plans to scale up the operations of its Women Empowered (WE) initiative by providing...
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Dutch Development Bank Nederlandse...
The Dutch development bank Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappijvoor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO) recently signed an agreement to provide a five-year, local-currency loan equivalent to EUR 7.5 million...
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