Event Name: Fourth International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World – Pathways to a Resilient Society and Post-conference: Business Continuity through Integrative Risk Management – Prepare for the Unexpected in Times of International Crisis

Event Date: August 26 to August 31, 2012

Event Location: The Davos Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland Continue Reading »

Event Name: Investment & Innovation in Microfinance: Africa

Event Date: September 19 to September 20, 2012

Event Location: Accra, Ghana Continue Reading »

Event Name: Interactive Launch of the Microinsurance Compendium, Volume II

Event Date: July 3, 2012, 16:00 – 18:30

Event Location: International Labour Organization Library, Geneva, Switzerland, and Online Continue Reading »

CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), a US-based policy and research center dedicated to facilitating the provision of financial access to poor people, recently opened its annual photo contest and seeks entries of original images that capture the impact of microfinance. Continue Reading »

Event Name: Global Sustainable Finance Conference 2012: Greening Financial Institutions

Event Date: July 5 – July 6, 2012

Event Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Continue Reading »

Event Name: Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum: The Race for Returns

Event Date: July 23 – July 25, 2012

Event Location: Hyatt Regency, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Continue Reading »

Event Name: Cards, Payments & Mobile Banking Africa Summit 2012 and The Mobile Banking Africa Awards 2012

Event Date: June 11 – June 12, 2012

Event Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Continue Reading »

Event Name: Mobile Financial Services Asia Pacific Summit 2012

Event Date: September 10 – September 12, 2012

Event Location: Manila, The Philippines Continue Reading »

Event Name: 2012 SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing

Event Date: October 2 – October 4, 2012

Event Location: Mohegan Sun Conference Center, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA Continue Reading »

Event Name: African Finance & Investment Forum 2012: Financial Inclusion through SMEs & Cooperatives

Event Date: June 17 – June 19, 2012

Event Location: Rabobank Headquarters, Utrecht and Floriade – Venlo, Netherlands Continue Reading »

Event Name: World Forum for the Millennium Development Goals

Event Date: September 19 – September 21, 2012

Event Location: Palais Brongniart and Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Paris, France Continue Reading »

Event Name: TBLI Conference Europe 2012

Event Date: November 8 – November 9, 2012

Event Location: Swissôtel Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Continue Reading »

Event Name: Developments and New Opportunities in Microfinance

Event Date: May 9, 2012, 2:00 – 2:30 GMT

Event Location: Online Continue Reading »

Event Name: Financial Inclusion: What Really Works for Clients

Event Date: April 25, 2012, 10:00 GMT (in French) and 4:30 GMT (in English); April 26, 2012, 4:00 GMT (in English) and 10:00 GMT (in English)

Event Location: Online Continue Reading »

Event Name: Improving the Efficiency of Agent Networks

Event Date: May 9, 2012 at 14:30 GMT

Event Location: Online Continue Reading »

Event Name: Financing Low-Cost Housing LATAM Conference 2012

Event Date: August 28 to August 29, 2012

Event Location: Miami, Florida Continue Reading »

MobiCash, a Mauritius-based mobile payments company that provides banking and payment services to those without access to traditional financial services, recently announced it has launched a mobile money service in the Republic of the Congo. Continue Reading »

The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a nonprofit network of 15 “values-based” banks, released a report it commissioned at its recent annual conference in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia, suggesting that values-based banks (VBBs), banks that prioritize social progress, are financially stronger than mainstream banks. Continue Reading »