Posts Tagged ‘Standard Chartered Bank’

Microfinance Focus, Feb 10, 2010:  Women’s World Banking, the global network of leading microfinance institutions and banks focusing on women empowerment, announced on Wednesday its first ever loan guarantee in Asia to support a $1.6 million loan by Standard Chartered Bank Philippines to WWB network member, CARD Bank in the Philippines. WWB pledged $500,000, which was leveraged more than three times, in its effort to promote ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 24, 2009: The conference on "Microfinance Investments in Asia" will be held in Singapore on January 26-27, 2010. Co-hosted by Standard Chartered Bank and organized by Hanson Wade, the conference will bring together the brightest minds in Asia’s sustainable finance market, said a statement. The conference is expected to bring together the leading minds in Asian microfinance like central bankers and policy makers, ... Full story

By Naagesh, N. Microfinance Focus, August 19, 2009: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private sector arm, announced on Wednesday that it committed $1.8 billion worth of new investments across 30 countries in Africa in the fiscal year ended June, as it rapidly increased activities to help microfinance and other financial advisory services or guarantees in Africa. IFC’s investments represented a 32% increase over the $1.4 billion in commitments recorded a year earlier. IFC also delivered $26.1 million worth of advisory services, up from $18.6 million a year ago, as it expanded activities to have more impact in countries affected by conflict and where the private sector is at the very early stages of development. Full story

Microfinance Focus, Aug. 13, 2009: Pondicherry University will hold its third annual international conference on microfinance from January 22 to 24 next year and has called for research papers. The conference is being held every year by the university's School of Management, Department of Commerce to bring together policy-makers and researchers from educational institutions and universities in India and abroad. Research papers by professionals from banks, non-governmental agencies, microfinance institutions, regulatory agencies, financial advice domains, insurance agencies and self help groups -- are invited to reach the university before Dec. 14, 2009. Full story