The Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri), a Thailand-based subsidiary of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, recently acquired 100-percent interest in Hattha Kaksekar Limited (KHL), a microfinance institution (MFI) based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Cambodia’s Prasac Microfinance Introduces Mobile Banking Services Through Compass Plus’s TranzWare
Cambodia’s Prasac Microfinance Institution Limited recently launched a suite of mobile banking services using the TranzWare processing platform from Compass Plus, an electronic payment systems provider with primary offices located in Russia and the United Kingdom.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF) Loans $5m to Cambodia’s Chamroeun, AMK, LOLC Micro Credit
The Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based provider of financial services to social businesses, recently informed MicroCapital that it has disbursed the following loans to Cambodian microfinance institutions (MFIs): the local-currency equivalent of USD 540,000 to Chamroeun Microfinance; a pair of transactions totaling USD 2.2 million to Angkor Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea (AMK), which was founded by Ireland-based NGO Concern Worldwide; and USD 2.2 million to the Lanka Orix Leasing Company Micro Credit Limited (LOMC), which was formerly known
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Cambodian Microbank Sathapana Borrows $35m Syndicated by Taiwan’s First Commercial Bank
Sathapana Bank, a Cambodia-based commercial bank that evolved from a microfinance institution (MFI), recently borrowed USD 35 million from seven Taiwanese lenders through Taiwan’s First Commercial Bank for the purpose of “expanding its existing microfinance operations and broadening its commercial lending portfolio.” Sathapana management hopes that this loan indicates that Asian lenders are more willing to provide loans to MFIs.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: C-Quadrat’s Dual Return Funds Loan $9.6m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Paraguay, Zimbabwe
During April 2016, Austria’s C-Quadrat Asset Management GmbH issued loans worth the equivalent of USD 9.6 million via its two Dual Return Funds to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Paraguay and Zimbabwe. USD 2 million of this total was invested in an MFI based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which has 181 service points and provides financial services to clients in rural regions of the country. Financial information on the organization is not available.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Connects Deposit-taking Microfinance Institutions, Banks Through FAST Transfers; Increases Capital Requirements
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the country’s central bank, recently announced various initiatives expected to boost Cambodia’s microfinance industry.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: BWTP, FDC, ADA, UNCDF, ADB to Co-host “Mekong Financial Inclusion Forum”, July 11-14, 2016, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Event Name: Mekong Financial Inclusion Forum
Event Dates: July 11-14, 2016
Event Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Symbiotics Completes Bond Disbursements Totaling $5.5m to Microfinance Institution Prasac of Cambodia
Symbiotics Group, a Swiss for-profit provider of investment and business services, recently issued the second tranche of a bond totaling USD 5.5 million to Prasac, a Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: C-Quadrat’s Vision Microfinance Funds Loan $9.2m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, Congo, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru
During October 2015, Austrian asset manager C-Quadrat Asset Management issued loans worth the equivalent of USD 9.2 million via its two Vision Microfinance funds to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, Congo, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua and Peru.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Base of the Pyramid Asia (BOPA) of Singapore Invests $1m in Convertible Debt into Cambodian Microfinance Institution (MFI) Chamroeun
Base of the Pyramid Asia (BOPA), a Singapore-based equity investor in small Asian microfinance institutions (MFIs), recently reported to MicroCapital that it has disbursed USD 1 million in subordinated, convertible debt to Cambodian MFI Chamroeun Microfinance Limited.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: LOLC Micro Credit, VisionFund, Kredit Microfinance Institution, Agence Francaise de Developpement Finance Home Solar Panel Purchases in Cambodia
LOLC Micro Credit, the microfinance arm of Sri Lanka’s Lanka Orix Leasing Company (LOLC); VisionFund International, a microfinance investor owned by US-based Christian nonprofit World Vision; and Kredit Microfinance Institution, a microfinance institution (MFI) in Cambodia, have agreed to partner on a program run by Agence Francaise de Developpement, the international development arm of the French government, to provide loans for purchases of home solar panels in Cambodia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: C-Quadrat’s Vision Microfinance Funds Loan $7m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Armenia, Cambodia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
During September 2015, Austrian asset manager C-Quadrat Asset Management issued loans worth the equivalent of USD 7 million via its two Vision Microfinance funds to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Armenia, Cambodia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Japan’s Orix Corporation Acquires Additional 6% Equity in Cambodia’s Acleda Bank
Orix Corporation, a financial services provider based in Tokyo, Japan, recently announced that it has acquired a 6.25-percent equity stake in Acleda Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, that provides deposits and microcredit in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: C-Quadrat Asset Management’s Vision Microfinance Funds Loan $7m to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Nigeria, India
During August 2015, Austrian asset manager C-Quadrat Asset Management issued loans worth the equivalent of USD 7 million via its two Vision Microfinance funds to unspecified microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Cambodia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Nigeria and India.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Thailand’s Kiatnakin Bank, Siam Commercial Bank; India’s Tamilnad Mercantile Bank; ING Bank of the Netherlands Participate in $65m Syndicated Loan to Microfinance Institution (MFI) Prasac to Encourage Growth of Micro-, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Rural Cambodia
Commercial banks including Thailand’s Kiatnakin Bank and Siam Commercial Bank (SCB); India’s Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB); and the Netherlands’ ING Bank, recently announced the disbursement of a syndicated loan of USD 65 million to Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI) Prasac Microfinance Limited.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC) Loans $10m to Cambodia’s Microfinance Institution (MFI) Hattha Kaksekar for On-lending to Small, Medium-sized Rural Enterprise
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the US-based World Bank Group, recently announced that it will disburse a loan of USD 10 million to Hattha Kaksekar Limited (HKL), a microfinance institution (MFI) in Cambodia.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation Invests $2.4m in Cambodian Microfinance Institutions Chamroeun, Thaneakea Phum Cambodia (TPC)
The Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation (GCAMF), a Luxembourg-based provider of financial services to microfinance institutions (MFIs) and other social businesses, recently issued the following two loans to Cambodian MFIs:
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC) to Loan up to $10m to Prasac of Cambodia for On-Lending to Agricultural Micro-, Small, Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the US-based World Bank Group that offers financial services to businesses and governments in developing countries with the aim of increasing economic growth, recently announced that it has opened a long-term credit line of up to USD 10 million to Prasac Microfinance Institution Limited, a Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI).