The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based investment fund focused on 16 Central Asian and Southeast European countries, in partnership with the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rabo International Advisory Services (RIAS), a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Rabobank Group, recently announced that the EFSE Development Facility will “cover part of the costs of a multi-year capacity building plan” aimed at expanding Albania-based FED Invest’s ability to provide financial services to farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Dual Return Funds Managed by C-Quadrat Loan $17m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines
Austria-based C-Quadrat Asset Management recently issued loans worth the equivalent of USD 17 million to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Dual Return Funds Managed by C-Quadrat Loan $17m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in India, Kenya, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru, Romania, Including $3m for Education Lending
Austria-based C-Quadrat Asset Management recently issued loans worth the equivalent of USD 17 million to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in India, Kenya, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru and Romania.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Announces $1.7m Senior Loan to Kreditimi Rural I Kosoves (KRK) for Microfinance in Rural Kosovo
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based investment fund focused on fostering economic growth in 16 Central Asian and Southeast European countries, recently issued a senior loan in the amount of EUR 1.5 million (USD 1.7 million) to Kreditimi Rural I Kosoves (KRK), a Kosovo-based microfinance institution (MFI) that specializes in “agri-lending” to micro- and small enterprises (MSEs).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EFSE Loans $2.3m to Kosovo’s AFK for On-Lending to Rural Microfinance Clients
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle, recently announced a senior loan of EUR 2 million (USD 2.3 million) to Agjencioni për Financim në Kosovë (AFK), a non-banking microfinance institution operating in Kosovo.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Dual Return Funds Managed by C-Quadrat Loan $34m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Latin America, South Asia
During July 2016, Austria’s C-Quadrat Asset Management GmbH issued loans worth the equivalent of USD 34 million to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Sri Lanka.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $22m to Fibabanka of Turkey to Support Micro-, Small-scale Agriculture
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced it has loaned Fibabanka, a Turkish commercial bank, EUR 20 million (approximately USD 22 million) to finance micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) working in the Turkish agricultural sector.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) to Provide Technical Assistance, $2.8m Loan to Microcredit Foundation MI-BOSPO of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced it has loaned Microcredit Foundation MI-BOSPO, a nonprofit microfinance institution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUR 2.5 million (approximately USD 2.8 million).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Lends $17m to Finansbank of Turkey, Half for Micro-, Small Enterprises
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently extended a loan facility totalling EUR 15 million (approximately USD 17 million) to Finansbank A.S., a Turkish subsidiary of the National Bank of Greece Group, a financial conglomerate based in Athens.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) to Loan $5.5m to Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) d.d. Sarajevo to Increase Housing Finance Access
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will loan EUR 5 million (USD 5.5 million) to Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB) d.d. Sarajevo, which is controlled by Slovenian finance firm NLB Group, to enable younger and lower-income households in Bosnia and Herzegovina to acquire housing.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $5m to Opportunity Bank Serbia for On-Lending to Micro-, Small Enterprises; Low-Income Households in Rural Serbia
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will loan EUR 5 million (USD 5.4 million) to Opportunity Bank Serbia (OBS), a branch of US-based microfinance network Opportunity International, to improve access to finance for micro -and small enterprises (MSEs) and low-income households in rural areas of Serbia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $11m to UniCredit Bank Serbia for On-Lending to Individuals for Home Improvement, Housing Finance
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will loan EUR 10 million (USD 10.8 million) to UniCredit Bank Serbia, the Belgrade-based subsidiary of the Italian commercial banking firm UniCredit Group.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $22m to Odeabank to On-Lend to Micro-, Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Turkey
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based fund that invests in the development of Southeast Europe and Central Asia’s financial sectors, recently provided Odeabank, a private deposit bank in Turkey, a loan of EUR 20 million (USD 21.86 million) to on-lend to micro and small-sized enterprises (MSEs) in Turkey [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), Tbilisi Business Center (TBC) Bank Georgia Partner to Fund Micro-, Small Enterprises (MSEs); Agricultural Producers
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will disburse a subordinated loan of USD 15 million to Tbilisi Business Center (TBC) Bank, a Tbilisi, Georgia-based commercial bank, to support access to financing for micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) as well as agricultural producers in rural areas of Georgia. TBC will be EFSE’s fifth partner lending institution in Georgia [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $3m to Microfinance Organization Crystal of Georgia for On-Lending to Smallholder Agricultural Producers; Rural Microenterprises
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), recently announced that it will disburse a loan of USD 3 million to Joint Stock Company Microfinance Organization Crystal, a microfinance institution based in Kutaisi, Georgia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Deutsche Bank Raises $100m for Microfinance Investment Vehicle European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE)
Deutsche Bank, a Germany-based financial services company, recently announced that it had raised USD 100 million from unspecified private investors for the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), International Finance Corporation (IFC) Loan $97m to Alternatifbank of Turkey for On-Lending to Micro, Small Enterprises (MSEs); Energy Efficiency; Renewable Energy
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle (MIV), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the US-based World Bank Group that seeks to increase economic growth in developing countries, recently announced that the two organizations will disburse a senior loan of USD 97 million to Alternatifbank (ABank), a private commercial bank in Turkey.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EFSE Lends $7.8m to Microfinance Institutions Mikrofin of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Opportunity Bank Serbia
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based microfinance investment vehicle focusing on Southeast Europe and Central Asia, recently invested in two microfinance institutions (MFIs) in an effort to support micro- and small enterprises: Mikrofin, an MFI in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a network of 64 offices; and Opportunity Bank Serbia (OBS), a member of US-based Opportunity International, which is active in 22 countries.