MFP 138. Jaime Zegarra: Latin America’s First Commercial Microfinance Bank – BancoSol. Part 1

May 2, 2011

BancoSol is a true microfinance pioneer. As Latin America’s first commercial microfinance bank it has been much copied but never surpassed. We begin our coverage of BancoSol by focusing on its operations in El Alto, a sprawling city on the “Altiplano” above La Paz, one of the highest cities in the world. Jaime Zegarra, regional [...]

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MFP 137. Roberto Zegada: An International Network Bank – the ProCredit Experience, Bolivia. Part 2

February 28, 2011

The ProCredit Group is one of the global microfinance leaders. With operations on three continents, the group is the largest international network player in terms of assets. The Bolivian branch was one of the pioneers of the network. Roberto Zegada, Regional Manager El Alto, Banco Los Andes ProCredit talks about the growth of operations and [...]

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MFP 136. Roberto Zegada: An International Network Bank in Bolivia – the ProCredit Experience. Part 1

February 21, 2011

The ProCredit Group is one of the global microfinance leaders. With operations on three continents, the group is the largest international network player in terms of assets. The Bolivian branch was one of the pioneers of the network. Roberto Zegada, Regional Manager El Alto, Banco Los Andes ProCredit talks about the growth of operations and [...]

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MFP 135. Marcos Corrales: Microfinance in a Dynamic Market. Financiera CREAR, Peru. Part 2

February 14, 2011

Peru is one of the most dynamic microfinance markets in the world. In a very competitive market, Financiera CREAR has been a rising star. Marcos Corrales, manager of CREAR’s Lima regional branch, talks about the success factors that contributed to the strong growth and performance of their lending activities. Editor – Arnoldo Enrique Huaiquil 06:51 [...]

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MFP 134. Marcos Corrales: Microfinance in a Dynamic Market. Financiera CREAR, Peru. Part 1

February 7, 2011

Peru is one of the most dynamic microfinance markets in the world. In a very competitive market, Financiera CREAR has been a rising star. Marcos Corrales, manager of CREAR’s Lima regional branch, talks about the success factors that contributed to the strong growth and performance of their lending activities. Editor – Arnoldo Enrique Huaiquil 07:04 [...]

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MFP 133. Michael McCaffrey: Microfinance in Remote Island States – Mobile Money in the Pacific Islands. Part 2

January 31, 2011

Michael McCaffrey, Financial Inclusion Technical Specialist, Pacific Financial Inclusion Program (PFIP), talks about the design of a suite of products such as remittances, savings, and microinsurance. He explains how different programs and operators attempt to reach scale and sustainability. Through participation in international training programs such as the Boulder MFT, microfinance practitioners and policy makers [...]

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MFP 132. Michael McCaffrey: Microfinance in Remote Island States – Mobile Money in the Pacific Islands. Part 1

January 24, 2011

Michael McCaffrey, Financial Inclusion Technical Specialist, Pacific Financial Inclusion Program (PFIP), talks about the specific challenges of improving financial inclusion in remote island states. He shares the PFIP experience with mobile banking and explains how commercial banks can help improve the financial infrastructure. 07:10 minutes Download this Video RIGHT CLICK this link (CONTROL CLICK on [...]

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MFP 131. Bob Christen: BMGF Strategy – Focus on Savings. Moblie Money – Mobile Banking Series

January 17, 2011

Bob Christen, Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. talks about the strategic focus on savings. The successful mobilization of small-scale savings requires dramatic reductions of transaction costs. Mobile banking and electronic payment platforms play a central role in this process. The foundation also fosters the development of additional products such as microinsurance. 08:33 minutes Download [...]

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MFP 130. Evelyn Stark: Why We are Evolving to Marketing and Products. Mobile Money – Mobile Banking Series

January 10, 2011

Evelyn Stark, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation talks about the importance of marketing in successful mobile-money deployments. If a mobile money service exists and no one knows about it – does it make a difference? • Just looking in East Africa over the past 3 years, you have to be struck by [...]

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MFP 129. Happy New Year!

December 31, 2010

Microfinance Podcast wishes you success in all your micro, small and large projects in 2011! 04:00 minutes Download this Video RIGHT CLICK this link (CONTROL CLICK on a Mac) Save Link in a location where you can find it easily.

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MFP 128. Clara Veniard: Agent Networks. Part 2. Mobile Money — Mobile Banking Series

December 27, 2010

Clara Veniard, Associate Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about a bank-led agent model where the customer proposition and the channel are controlled by the bank. 08:44 minutes Download this Video RIGHT CLICK this link (CONTROL CLICK on a Mac) Save Link in a location where you can find it easily.

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MFP 127. Clara Veniard: Agent Networks. Part 1. Mobile Money – Mobile Banking Series

December 20, 2010

Clara Veniard, Associate Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about a bank-led agent model where the customer proposition and the channel are controlled by the bank. • Definition: A bank-led agent model is one where the customer proposition and the channel are controlled by the bank. • Incremental Approach: A bank can grow [...]

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MFP 126. Ignacio Mas: Liquidity Management. Mobile Money – Mobile Banking Series

December 6, 2010

Ignacio Mas, Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about stores acting as cash merchants and their basic need to periodically rebalance their cash and e-money holdings. He explains the basic options for doing so, including going to a bank branch. There will be widely varying patterns by store: some will need to rebalance [...]

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MFP 125. Daniel Radcliffe: Speed to Scale. Part 2. Mobile Money – Mobile Banking Series

November 29, 2010

Daniel Radcliffe, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, describes how retail payment systems can reach a critical mass of customers. 06:12 minutes Download this Video RIGHT CLICK this link (CONTROL CLICK on a Mac) Save Link in a location where you can find it easily.

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MFP 124. Daniel Radcliffe: Speed to Scale. Part 1. Mobile Money – Mobile Banking Series

November 22, 2010

Daniel Radcliffe, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, talks about the fundamental factors that affect the growth and success if retail payment systems. • Retail payment systems require scale to get off the ground and struggle to grow incrementally. This is due to three factors: (i) Network effects: When it comes to payment systems, [...]

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