AccessBank, an Azerbaijani for-profit microfinance institution (MFI), recently notified MicroCapital that the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral finance institution based in the Philippines, will provide a USD 50 million five-year senior loan facility to AccessBank.
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MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: FMO, International Finance Corporation (IFC), KfW Entwicklungsbank Invest $5.4m in AccessBank Rwanda
The Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV (FMO), a Dutch development bank that aims to promote growth in the economies of developing countries; the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group that offers assistance to private companies with the goal of alleviating poverty in developing countries; and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Entwicklungsbank (KfW), a state-owned German development bank, have invested RWF 3.5 billion (USD 5.4 million) in AccessBank Rwanda (ABR), the eighth member of Access Microfinance Holding AG (AccessHolding), a German company that invests in microfinance institutions [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: AccessBank of Azerbaijan Receives $60m Syndicated Loan from FMO, OeEb, PROPARCO
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappijvoor Ontwikkelingslanden NV (FMO), a Dutch development finance institution, recently notified MicroCapital that it has arranged a USD 60 million syndicated loan facility for AccessBank, a for-profit microfinance institution located in Azerbaijan.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) Loans $10m to AccessBank Azerbaijan
AccessBank, a microfinance institution (MFI) based in Azerbaijan, recently received a USD 10 million loan from European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a Luxembourg-based organization focused on economic development in southeastern Europe and parts of Central Asia, to expand its loan portfolio.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Incofin’s Rural Impulse Fund II Loans $2.6m to Kenya Women Finance Trust, Incofin Investment Management to Finance Technical Assistance Project for AB Bank Zambia
The Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT), a Kenyan deposit-taking microfinance institution (MFI), recently received a EUR 2 million (USD 2.6 million) loan from Incofin’s Rural Impulse Fund (RIF) II, a Belgian microfinance investment vehicle (MIV).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan Launches Credit Cards
AccessBank, a microfinance bank in Azerbaijan, began offering credit cards to its customers on October 10, 2012.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: ResponsAbility Social Investments Loans $1.5m to AccessBank Tanzania, $1.3m to EKI of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ResponsAbility Social Investments, a Swiss investment company, recently informed MicroCapital that it has loaned USD 1 million through the responsAbility Global Microfinance Fund (rAGMF), one of the microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) it manages, to AccessBank Tanzania, a commercial bank established as part of Germany’s AccessHolding in 2007.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Loans $10m to Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a London-based international finance institution, recently signed a five-year, USD 10 million loan agreement with AccessBank, an Azerbaijani microfinance institution (MFI).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: AccessBank of Azerbaijan Implements Loan Repayment by Telephone, Debit Card
Microfinance institution (MFI) AccessBank of Azerbaijan, an affiliate of Germany’s Access Microfinance Holding AG (AccessHolding), recently announced the implementation of a new service allowing customers to make loan payments by telephone.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan Increases Share Capital to $108m
AccessBank, an Azerbaijan-based microfinance institution (MFI), recently announced that it has increased its share capital by 25 percent from AZN 67.8 million (USD 86 million) to AZN 85 million (USD 108 million).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan Offers Vehicle Insurance
Azerbaijani microfinance institution AccessBank has announced that it will be offering insurance policies for vehicle owners.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Fund for Southeast Europe Lends $24m to AccessBank of Azerbaijan, Kreditimi Rural I Kosoves of Kosovo, Byblos Bank Armenia, Alter Modus of Montenegro
The European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), a microfinance investment fund incorporated in Luxembourg, has reported to MicroCapital that it has made loans to the following institutions: USD 15 million to AccessBank of Azerbaijan, the equivalent of USD 649,000 to Kreditimi Rural I Kosoves (KRK) of Kosovo, the equivalent of USD 5.27 million to Byblos Bank Armenia and approximately USD 3.89 million to Alter Modus of Montenegro. The loan to Byblos Bank was disbursed in two tranches: a local currency loan of AMD 875 million (USD 2.27 million) and an additional transaction of USD 3 million. The loan to Alter Modus was disbursed in tranches of USD 1.3 million and USD 2.6 million.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan Disburses 500,000th Loan
Microfinance institution (MFI) AccessBank of Azerbaijan, an affiliate of Access Microfinance Holding AG (AccessHolding), recently announced that it has disbursed its 500,000th loan [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Loans $6m in Local Currency to Microfinance Institution AccessBank Tajikistan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a UK-based development finance institution, has agreed to make a four-year, local-currency loan of TJS 29 million (USD 6 million) to AccessBank Tajikistan, a bank that specializes in financial services for micro- and small enterprises (MSEs).
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: International Finance Corporation (IFC) to Loan $4m to AccessBank of Tajikistan for Expansion of Loan Portfolio, Movement Toward Deposit-Taking
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-investment arm of the World Bank Group, has agreed to loan USD 4 million to microfinance institution (MFI) AccessBank Tajikistan to expand the MFI’s loan portfolio, develop a greater variety of credit products and “support competition in the microfinance sector,” according to an IFC press release [1].
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan Receives First $10m Tranche of $20m Loan From Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB)
AccessBank, a microfinance institution (MFI) based in Azerbaijan, has received the first tranche of USD 10 million as part of a USD 20 million syndicated loan from Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), a Dutch public-private partnership that aims to promote developing economies, and Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG (OeEB), the development bank of Austria. The three-year syndicated loan was organized by FMO with participation from OeEB, with each institution contributing USD 10 million. The loan will be directed to financing micro- and small businesses in Azerbaijan.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microfinance Institution AccessBank of Azerbaijan Receives ‘BB+’ Rating from Fitch
Fitch Ratings, a global rating agency headquartered in New York and London, recently confirmed its ratings for AccessBank, a financial institution in Azerbaijan. AccessBank’s long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) was confirmed at ‘BB+’ with ‘Outlook Stable’, its short-term IDR was confirmed at ‘B’ and its Individual Rating was confirmed at ‘D’, all of which are at the ‘sovereign ceiling’ which is generally the highest available in a given country.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: AccessBank of Azerbaijan Reports Deposit Portfolio Increase of 86 Percent During 2010
AccessBank, a commercial bank that offers financial services to micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) in Azerbaijan, recently reported that its deposit portfolio increased by 86 percent during 2010 to the equivalent of USD 150 million.