MicroRate, a for-profit microfinance rating agency based in the U.S., has recently released its eighth annual survey of international microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs).
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Wholesale Microfinance Lender Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth (Ananya) of India Raises Equity Capital of $2.86m from Women’s World Banking, Industrial Development Bank of India
Ananya Finance for Inclusive Growth Private Limited (Ananya), a non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India, has raised INR 180 million (USD 2.86 million) in equity capital from the Isis Fund of Women’s World Banking (WWB), a US-based network of 39 microfinance institutions (MFIs), and Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), an Indian public-sector bank [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Micro Pension Foundation, Invest India Micro Pension Services, Visa Partner to Promote Savings by Low-Income Households in India
Micro Pension Foundation, an Indian nonprofit that helps low-income households gain access to microsavings products, and Visa Incorporated, a US-based payments technology company, reportedly are partnering to establish the “Micro Pension Financial Inclusion Lab” [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC) Makes $3m Equity Investment in Bina Usaha Keluarga (BUK) of Indonesia, Seeking to Triple Female Clients of Microfinance Institution Mitra Bisnis Keluarga Ventura (MBK)
Bina Usaha Keluarga (BUK), the Indonesia-based controlling shareholder of Mitra Bisnis Keluarga Ventura (MBK), a microfinance institution (MFI) in the same country, recently received an equity infusion of IDR 34.3 billion (USD 3 million) from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a US-based international financial institution and a member of the US-based World Bank Group, to triple the number of female clients of MBK.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) Approves $300m Credit to Support “Housing Finance Project,” Housing Microfinance, in Nigeria
The International Development Association (IDA), the arm of US-based World Bank that provides interest-free credits and grants for programs in the poorest countries, has approved credit of USD 300 million to support Nigeria’s Housing Finance Project, which intends to provide access to long-term home financing for low-income people, including microentrepreneurs as well as those with higher incomes who are buying homes for the first time [1].
MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: Microfinance and Mobile Banking, Financing Incremental Housing Improvements, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 2012 Microfinance Snapshot
“Microfinance and Mobile Banking: Blurring the Lines?”; by Michel Hanouch and Sarah Rotman; published by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor); 2013; 20 pages; available at http://www.cgap.org/sites/default/files/Focus-Note-Microfinance-and-Mobile-Banking-August-2013.pdf
This report presents the results from a study conducted by US-based NGO CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor) that explored the impact of mobile banking services on the microfinance market.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Former JP Morgan Asset Management Chairman Unveils $40m Impact Investment Fund, Charioteer-Fund I, to Support Skill Development, Microenterprises in India
Krishnamurthy Vijayan, the former executive chairman of JP Morgan Asset Management India, a Mumbai-based subsidiary of international investment and commercial bank JP Morgan Chase, reportedly has created Charioteer Fund-I, an INR 2.5 billion (USD 40 million) impact investment fund that will seek to place with investments in 25 ventures.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Indian Government Seeks Parliamentary Approval for $859m in Spending for Women’s Bank; Women’s Safety; Skills Training; Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs); International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The Indian government reportedly is awaiting the Parliament’s approval to spend an additional INR 54.3 billion (USD 859 million) for several institutions including an additional INR 10 billion (USD 159 million) for each of the following: Nirbhaya Fund, a fund supporting women’s safety in India; National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), which is backed by the Indian Ministry of Finance and provides skill training programs to India’s workforce; and to establish a women’s bank in India.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Loans $11m to India’s Equitas Microfinance, Satin Credit Care
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), a UK-based financial services company, recently notified MicroCapital that it disbursed loans of INR 450 million (USD 7.2 million) to Equitas Microfinance, a microfinance institution in Chennai, India, and INR 350 million (5.5 million) Satin Credit Care, a microfinance institution in Delhi, India, during August 2013. The purpose of both loans is to support on-lending to microentrepreneurs. It is estimated that 30,000 microenterprises will receive financing as a result of these two wholesale loans. Standard Chartered Bank has been associated with Equitas since 2012 and Satin since 2006. Further information on the loans has not been released.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: World Bank Group, National Housing Bank, Government of India Sign $100m Agreement for Low-Income Housing Finance Project
The World Bank Group, a US-based international financial institution; the National Housing Bank (NHB), an Indian bank and regulatory authority; and the government of India recently signed a USD 100 million credit agreement for a Low-Income Housing Finance Project, which will aim to improve accessibility to housing loans for low-income households in India to purchase, build or renovate homes.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Private Equity Funds to Buy Stake in Janalakshmi Financial Services of India for $50.9m
Several private equity (PE) funds reportedly have taken stakes totaling INR 325 crore (USD 50.9 million) in Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS), an Indian microfinance institution (MFI) that focuses on disbursing loans to clients in urban areas.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Loans $13m to Indian MFIs Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited, Ujjivan Financial Services Private Limited
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), a UK-based financial services company, recently notified MicroCapital that it has disbursed local-currency loans equivalent to USD 13 million to Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited (JFS) and Ujjivan Financial Services Private Limited (UFS).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: German KfW Bank Invests $3.28m in Equity in Invest India Micro Pension Services
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Entwicklungsbank (KfW), a German state-owned development bank, has invested USD 3.28 million in equity in Invest India Micro Pension Services (IIMPS), a New Delhi-based regulator of micro-pension and long-term micro-savings products for poor people, in order to expand pension services to the working poor [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Government of Cameroon Partners with United Nations Development Program (UNDP), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) To Consolidate Microfinance Sector
The government of Cameroon recently partnered with three agencies of the United Nations to consolidate the country’s microfinance sector by increasing governmental regulations and mergers of microfinance institutions (MFIs).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC), Siddhartha Bank Limited (SBL) Purchase 440k Shares of Rural Microfinance Development Center (RMDC) of Nepal Via Initial Public Offering (IPO)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the US-based World Bank Group, recently purchased 300,000 shares at NPR 180 (USD 1.87) per unit from an initial public offering (IPO) by the Rural Microfinance Development Center (RMDC), a Nepal-based wholesale microcredit lender.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Launches India Microfinance Platform
The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a state-owned bank, with the help of the World Bank, a US-based international development institution, and implemented by the US-based nonprofit Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), has launched the India Microfinance Platform, a web-based portal that will provide information on all the microfinance organizations in India.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Germany’s Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) Loans $130m to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (MSME)
Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW), a German development bank, recently loaned a total of EUR 100 million (USD 130 million) to Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), a state-owned bank, for on-lending to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in India.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Indian Microlenders Seek More Time to Repay Funds On-Lent in Andhra Pradesh, Where Microlender Sees “No Improvement At All”
Wholesale loans covering INR 55 billion (USD 944 million) in Indian microloans reportedly are at risk of becoming classified as “non-performing assets” (NPAs) if microfinance institutions (MFIs) do not begin making payments on the loans before the expiration of a 90-day repayment window that begins on June 30, 2013.