by Jessica McLeod -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Smart Campaign at Accion to Close; SPTF, CERISE to Preserve Its Client Protection Standards, Online Resources

The Smart Campaign, an initiative of the US-based Accion’s Center for Financial Inclusion (CFI), recently announced that it would wind down following ten years of activity. Two nonprofit partners of the initiative, the US-based Social Performance Task Force (SPTF) and France-based Comité d’Echange, de Réflexion et sur les Systèmes d’Epargne-Crédit (CERISE), have agreed to continue the evolution of the Smart Campaign Client Protection Standards, thereby “ensuring that [this tool] continues to be the ‘do no harm’ foundation of social performance management” (SPM). SPTF and CERISE also will

by Michelle Fleming -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Sa-Dhan, Accion’s Smart Campaign, IFC Launching Tool to Monitor Over-indebtedness Among Microfinance Borrowers in India

Sa-Dhan, an association of 190 financial services providers in India, and the Smart Campaign of US-based NGO Accion recently announced the launch of an online monitoring tool intended to increase consumer protection and reduce over-indebtedness