MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Bamboo, CABEI, IFC Exit Holdings in Banco Popular as Incofin, Triple Jump Buy In; BIO, FMO Increase Equity Stakes to Boost Rural Microfinance in Honduras

Approximately 64 percent of the shares of the Honduran microfinance institution Banco Popular are changing hands as two multilateral institutions that first invested in Popular in 2007 are exiting their holdings. The sellers are the Central American Bank for Economic Integration; the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation; and Bamboo Capital, which has been an investor in the microbank since 2012.

Popular serves 60,000 clients and reports

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Deetken Impact Fund to Focus Gender Lens on Education, Financial Inclusion, Health, Housing

Canadian asset manager Deetken Impact recently launched the Deetken Impact Alternative Finance Fund IV with a target volume of USD 100 million. Deetken plans to deploy the fund’s assets as “founder-friendly…