The 2019 European Microfinance Award “Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change” is now open to all organisations active in the financial inclusion sector that provide products and services to help vulnerable communities become more resilient to the effects of climate change. This year features many changes to the Award: eligibility has been broadened to include non-financial institutions that collaborate with ...

On the 20th of September, the Selection Committee for the European Microfinance Award 2018 on “Financial Inclusion through Technology” chose the three finalists who will go on to compete for the €100,000 prize: KMF of Kazakhstan, Advans CI of Ivory Coast and  ESAF Small Finance Bank of India. This year, the Award has highlighted the role of technology in advancing financial ...

The World Habitat Awards recognise and highlight innovative, outstanding and sometimes revolutionary housing ideas, projects and programmes from across the world. The World Habitat Awards are a great opportunity for projects to receive the recognition they deserve. Being a finalist or winner will bring international recognition. Winning projects also receive a cash prize of £10,000, a trophy and have the ...

  We are thrilled to announce the Winner of the second edition of the MFC Innovation Award*: Kompanion Bank from the Kyrgyz Republic Kompanion Bank will be awarded with a complimentary license for smart android application for a Software Group delivery channel solution of choice and 20 android tablets, generously provided by Software Group. Kompanion Bank’s project proposal received highest ...

Award Ceremony Pictures This year, MFC as a member of European Microfinance Platform and a recognised housing microfinance expert, had the pleasure to support the process of setting up and holding the 8th European Microfinance Award. The three 2017 Award finalists and the Winner were announced at the European Microfinance Award Ceremony held on Thursday evening, November 30th in Luxembourg. ...

Last year we launched our first ever MFC Innovation Award! The MFC Innovation Award explores the new trends in optimizing business processes through the Digitalization for a Connected World. We’re glad to invite all organizations from the ECA region that add significant contribution to financial inclusion, society and improving peoples’ lives through their daily business, to apply for the 2017 ...

  In June, a special ceremony was held in Warsaw to bring together people from business, academia and the public sector—and to announce winners of the twelfth edition of the competition for the best micro-entrepreneur of 2016. Thanks to support from the Citi Foundation, we could select the best innovative and traditional micro-enterprises. The winner of the main award is ...

  MFC is launching the third edition of the Ambassador Award for the MFC members and partners’ advocacy efforts towards financial inclusion. Share your tips for effective advocacy! This year we are seeking members (organizations and/or individuals), who significantly contributed to the successful process of promotion or advocacy for financial inclusion, at the country level or at the EU level. ...

We are thrilled to announce the winner of our first ever Innovation Award: FINCA Bank Kyrgyzstan. FINCA Bank will be awarded free Digital Field Application licenses and 20 tablets, generously provided by Software Group. MFC’s Innovation Award recognizes innovative projects that stand to significantly contribute to financial inclusion within the next two years. FINCA’s project proposal received highest scores by the ...

The software solution designed by ASPEKT (Macedonia) and used in Microcredit Foundation EKI (Sarajevo) won the 1st prize in the “vertical solutions” category at the recent European IT & Software Excellence Award Competition. The London award ceremony took place at a gala event for 86 finalists from 21 countries. The competition is traditionally organized by the IT market research agency ...