by Anthony Busch -

MICROCAPITAL STORY: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) of Spain Lends $2m to Financiera Solidaria (FINSOL) and $100k to the Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres (ADIM)

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) reports in its list of recent transactions that the second-largest bank in Spain and Latin America, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) financed USD 2,017,400 in loans to Financiera Solidaria (FINSOL) on January 25, 2008 and USD 100,000 to Asociación Alternativa Para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres (ADIM) on February 19, 2008.

by Anthony Busch -

PAPER WRAP-UP: Capital Markets: A Long-Term Solution to Financial Freedom, Gil Crawford and Lauren Clark

Co-authored by Gil Crawford, CEO of MicroVest, a Washington, DC-based private microfinance investment firm, and Lauren Clark, the Communications Manager for MicroVest, released July 2007 as Volume 10-Number 1 of Microenterprise Development Review, a publication of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 11 pages, available at http://www.microvestfund.com/docs/microenter_dev_%207-16-07.pdf

by the MicroCapital Team -

MICROFINANCE PUBLICATION ROUND-UP: ANDE 2012 Impact Report; Microfinance Performance Evaluation; Status of Microfinance in Karnataka, India

“ANDE 2012 Impact Report”; The Aspen Institute; 2013; 39 pages; available at http://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/ande-2012-impact-report

This document covers aspects of small and growing businesses including the barriers women business owners face in the marketplace.

by the MicroCapital Team -

Calling All Outsiders!!! Hot Seminar in NYC on Microfinance Investment and Securitization, Place to Meet Who’s Who

We urge you to the Waldorf-Astoria February 6 & 7! This is the first all-star conference in New York City on microfinance securitization since microfinance securitization left Mexico for bigger markets.

Even if you only drop in for a morning or an afternoon, this is $350 well-spent. To insiders, participants are the usual suspects, but for those who want to meet the players in microfinance investment, this is a timely and convenient event indeed.

If you are committed to building microfinance as a safe investment class, then bring your friends with you.