by Elva Montelongo -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Maquita Cushunchic Borrowing $2m from DID Aequitas Fund for Microfinance, Small-enterprise Lending in Ecuador

Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Maquita Cushunchic, a financial institution founded by women in Ecuador, recently accepted a loan of USD 2 million from Aequitas, a fund managed by a holding of Desjardins International Development (DID), which in turn is a member of the Canada-based cooperative Desjardins Group. Maquita Cushunchic, which mainly serves micro- and small enterprises, was founded in 1997 and since has grown to serve

by Anesa Kratovac -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: EFSE Loans $33m to UniCredit for Business, Home Loans in Serbia

The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based, government-backed microfinance investor that aims to foster regional development, recently announced that it has provided loans totaling EUR 25 million (USD 33 million) to UniCredit Serbia to support its small enterprise lending operations and its homes and housing improvement program [1].