en Vignette Collaboration 7.2.0.240, Windows 2003/SQLServerDriver/Tomcat $27-Feb-08 07:21:53$ Microfinance Gateway News & Opinion http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.11.48228 Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes <p>Last month, David Roodman, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development started a debate that has people re-examining the country’s latest celebrated charity, <a target="_" href="http://Kiva.org">Kiva.org</a>...</p> Margarita Rayzberg 1.1.3830 11/9/09 12:33 PM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3830 Half of the World is 'Unbanked': Financial Access Initiative (FAI) <p>2.5 billion adults worldwide do not have a savings or credit account with either a traditional or alternative financial institution...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3816 11/3/09 2:44 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3816 Egypt Finalizes Microfinance Law <p>Microfinance companies to have minimum capital of US$1 million, and are prohibited from accepting deposits and transferring or exchanging money...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3805 10/28/09 8:17 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3805 IFC to Issue First Bond for Microfinance Programs <p>It is the first time that the IFC will issue a bond to raise money to lend to commercially viable MFIs...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3801 10/27/09 7:28 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3801 SKS Microfinance Float Poses Question of Profit and Exploitation <p>The deal will be the first of its kind in India, one of the world's biggest microfinance markets...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3644 10/23/09 9:31 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3644 SMS-based Microfinance System Unveiled <p>A new system has been released that claims to let MFIs run their entire operations via mobile phones and a single laptop...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3631 10/19/09 8:04 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3631 SKS Microfinance Lining up for IPO? <p>Investors in the Indian MFI agree that an IPO is on the cards, but CEO denies the possibility...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3621 10/14/09 4:54 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3621 Philippine Central Bank Orders Rural Banks to Widen Countryside Services <p>Loan collection and disbursement points will now be allowed to start taking deposits and servicing withdrawals of clients...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3623 10/14/09 6:52 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3623 Pension Funds Turn to Low-Risk Microfinance <p>Some of the world’s biggest pension funds have increased their investments in microfinance in 2009...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3614 10/12/09 10:21 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3614 Grameenphone Launches IPO <p>IPO&#160;to be the largest in Bangladesh so far...</p> Tarun Mapara 1.1.3344 10/6/09 8:19 AM http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.1.3344