Microfinance services by savings banks in Africa - The sleeping giants have started moving, but where are they going? potx

... requesting an aggressive marketing policy for boosting the commercialisa- tion. The global voice of savings and retail banking Microfinance services by savings banks in Africa The sleeping giants have ... facilities are critical business lines for narrow banks in the endeavour to sustain and enhance their income base constrained by the restrictions in i...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... benefit Savings banks are the largest element of institutions which target a “double bottom-line” – both financial profit and servicing the interests of the communities where they operate. These institutions ... 2009 WSBI members are large stakeholders in the microfinance market. They are ideally equipped to be the leading providers of microfinance services...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20

... to play in the development of microfinance, since they finance the local economy in the communities where they operate. They are thus intrinsically linked to the social objectives of the 2020 ... challenges in the sector are developing a common definition of the terms used in the microfinance sector and involving all the actors in the development...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20

... out of the savings banks movement, have done a   Bringing the Hidden Giants to the Footlight: the Role of Savings and Retail Banks in Increasing the Level of Access to Financial Services Chris ... player in the access to finance field: savings banks (including postal savings banks) and socially committed retail banks. A large majority of savings...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... all 463 savings banks. Instead, the example of four sav- ings banks and their areas have been investigated. Each of these savings banks is char- acterized by a specific type of region: Two are located ... does matter in the customer-bank relationship. Despite the fact that internet-banking is still gaining in importance, re- gional banks remain the key player in...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... the savings banks was sensitive to the interest paid by the joint stock banks and improvements in their facilities. In the United States, where the savings banks came closest to meeting their ... where they were most needed. In Ireland they had even less success in getting the poor to save than across the Irish Sea. In the United States, where...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... common in West Africa. They earn their living by sequestering people’s savings and keeping them safe until they are needed or until the agreed-upon savings cycle ends. These savings can generally ... generating enough income to remain self-sufficient and continue to grow. In order to examine the ways in which MFIs in sub-Saharan Africa are meeting these chall...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... from ESBG (European Savings Banks Group) members are listed in an additional separate report, available at www .savings- banks. com or by sending an e-mail to info @savings- banks. com. Your contact Chris ... Loroupe. The objective of the seminar was to inculcate savings culture among the athletes who are customers and introduce to them the existing investment optio...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... previous studies in the literature. These findings are important for the institution protection schemes operated by the Federal Association of Co-operative banks and by the German Savings Bank Association. ... illustrated in Table 2. The predictors that capture capital holdings ( X 1 ) and deposits held by banks (X 8 ) are correctly signed but remain insig...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... previous studies in the literature. These findings are important for the institution protection schemes operated by the Federal Association of Co-operative banks and by the German Savings Bank Association. ... illustrated in Table 2. The predictors that capture capital holdings ( X 1 ) and deposits held by banks (X 8 ) are correctly signed but remain insig...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20