The MIX`s microfinance website re-launches with MasterCard Foundation partnership

Microfinance Focus, Dec. 22, 2009: The Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc. (MIX), a non-profit company founded by CGAP (the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) announced the re-launch of MIX Market. The website now set to provide increased functionality and tools for all users with multilingual content support in English, Spanish, French and Russian. The Mix has re-launched its website with partnership with The MasterCard Foundation.

The MIX  Market  is a global platform for microfinance data, analytics and business information. MIX provides detailed financial, operational and social performance information on those institutions that provide financial services to the world’s poor.

“Thanks to our partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, we were able to invest in a flexible and strong technology platform that will allow MIX Market to evolve along with the microfinance industry. Now our users have access to three times more microfinance data than was previously available, with many new features that allow for improved analysis and customized reporting,” stated Marten Leijon, executive director of MIX.

In teaming up with MIX to rebuild the site, The MasterCard Foundation seeks to ensure its continued use by all actors in the microfinance sector,” said David Myhre, Director of the Microfinance Program at The MasterCard Foundation.

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