Microfinance Centre is happy to introduce to you our new Member, JOBS MFI from Bulgaria.   JOBS MFI was created in 2010 as a part of the Group of The Bulgarian Development Bank. Its main purpose is to facilitate the access to financing of the micro- and small businesses, agricultural producers, freelancers, craftsmen and startups who develop or start new ...

The European Microfinance Day campaign is back for a 6th edition, kicked off by an EU online event on 29 October. It is organized by European Microfinance Network and MFC. It will come as no surprise that our main focus for this year will be the crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Behind this year’s tagline, “Weathering the storm”, we want ...

  Under the European Program for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), the European Commission has published a call for proposals for financial support for initiatives relating to social innovation entitled “Establishing and testing integrated interventions to support people in (most) vulnerable situations” (VP / 2020/003). This call for proposals aims to support existing or new partnerships in testing innovative approaches ...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS International technical assistance project “Increasing Access to Finance for the Rural Population of Belarus” implemented by Republican Microfinance Center (Belarus) with support of USAID requires the development in Russian of an online course on planning of personal finance for the population of Belarus. Read: Call for proposals PF_RMC_Belarus О ПРЕДОСТАВЛЕНИИ КОММЕРЧЕСКОГО ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЯ Проекту международной технической помощи «Улучшение ...

After a decade of raising awareness and incentivizing the adoption of responsible practices among inclusive finance providers, the Smart Campaign is coming to an end. CFI will transfer the wealth of resources created by the Smart Campaign to trusted industry partners and remains committed to consumer protection and playing an active role by conducting research on emerging risks and maintaining ...

    How an MFI can act best during the time of the pandemic? We have started compiling all relevant initiatives that could benefit your businesses. Learn from the others’ practices & share yours! On this special resources page you will learn also about institutional and organizational solutions. We will be updating this webpage as new ideas come up, so ...

  The European Commission has updated the European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit to reflect the changing market realities and capture the wide diversity of providers within the microfinance sector in Europe. It will enter into force on 1 January 2021. What are the amendments? The Code update is the result of a consultation in 2019 with key stakeholders, ...

        With the support of European Commission, through its EaSi Program Technical Assistance, Microfinance Centre and Albanian Microfinance Association organized on July 2nd, 2020 a webinar on digital payments and their future in Albania. The issues discussed were related to the new legislative and regulatory framework that is being adopted in the country according to PSD2, what ...

  As part of our European programme MAGNET Consortium, which MFC is a part of,  M-UP, SPARK is promoting the Barcelona Declaration: Turning migrants into job creators (video) campaign, with the aim of improving the conditions of migrants when creating businesses in Europe, facilitating their social integration and job creation. The Declaration is a call to action to all the actors that ...

The Global SME Finance Awards recognize financial institutionsand FinTech companies for their outstanding achievements in serving SME clients with exceptional products and services. Institutions that have successfully launched an innovative product or service for SME clients, achieved remarkable results in providing finance to SMEs, and specifically women-owned SMEs, or is an innovator in digital financial services, are encouraged to submit ...