What is Borrow Wisely! Campaign? The Borrow Wisely! promotes global client protection standards. This annual international campaign is led by the MFC and its partners. We work with any institution that is a responsible lender (complying with current global standards of client protection) working in the Europe and Central Asian region. What is our goal? We aim to educate large ...
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The fifth annual Borrow Wisely! Campaign takes place in October 2018. This year, 24 leading financial institutions will work across 16 countries in Europe and Central Asia to improve clients’ financial literacy knowledge and skills. This year, our partners include: Farm Credit, Ucora (Armenia), AMFA (Azerbaijan), NOA Sh.a. (Albania), EKI, Lider, MiBospo, Partner, Sunrise (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Mikrofond , SIS Credit, USTOI (Bulgaria), Crystal (Georgia), KEPA ...
Read MoreBorrow Wisely Campaign 2018 Starts in Two Weeks
We’re kicking off our fifth annual Borrow Wisely Campaign in October! This year, 24 leading financial institutions will work across 16 countries in Europe and Central Asia to improve clients’ financial literacy knowledge and skills. This year, our partners include: Farm Credit, Ucora (Armenia), AMFA (Azerbaijan), NOA Sh.a. (Albania), EKI, Lider, MiBospo, Partner, Sunrise (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Mikrofond , SIS Credit, USTOI (Bulgaria), Crystal (Georgia), KEPA (Greece), ...
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Want to promote international client protection standards and responsible lending? Join Borrow Wisely campaign 2018! This year, the Microfinance Centre will organize the campaign which helps to improve clients’ financial literacy levels for the fifth time. As previous campaign editions proved to be a great tool for reaching massive numbers of clients with targeted financial education messages. The campaign will be held on October 2018. ...
Read MoreBorrow Wisely Campaign: The first results are available!
We are pleased to share with you the first results of our 2017 Borrow Wisely Campaign! During the month of October, our partners from 15 countries were able to reach out to over 235 000 of people. Through face to face meetings, workshops, text messages, Facebook, and websites our members were educating their clients about the rules of wise borrowing. ...
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Microfinance & Business start-ups: Review of the current practice in Europe Mikfrofinans Norge microfinance precedent Watch WebEx recordings. Download the WebEx player first! Presentation in PDF Implementing the European Code of Good Conduct – practitioners experience Presentation in PDF Delivering Financial Capability: A Look at Business Approaches This webinar was organised as part of the celebrations of the ...
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For the next 31 days, 26 financial institutions in 17 countries will roll out financial education messages across the region as part of the MFC’s third annual Borrow Wisely Campaign. During this international campaign, our partners will reach hundreds of thousands of existing and potential microfinance clients with tips and tools about how to take on safe and responsible levels ...
Read MoreJust 2 weeks left until the 2017 Borrow Wisely Campaign kicks off!
In October, we’re kicking off our fourth annual Borrow Wisely Campaign! This year, 26 leading financial institutions will work across 17 countries in Europe and Central Asia to improve clients’ financial literacy knowledge and skills. What’s the campaign all about? As with previous years, we’ll be delivering key messages around how to borrow safely, how to harness the potential power ...
Read More#BWC2017 Join us! Borrow Wisely Campaign
In October 2017, the MFC and leading financial institutions from across the ECA region will launch the fourth annual Borrow Wisely Campaign. Our aim? To radically improve our clients’ financial literacy levels. Campaign partners will use posters, leaflets, brochures and videos to deliver our key financial literacy messages. As in previous years, partners will also use SMS, online videos, social ...
Read More#BWC2016: News from the field!
It’s been an exciting start to the campaign – and we wanted to share with you some of the highlights! What’s happening in the field? Over the last 2 weeks, our 21 partners have launched an impressive range of financial education activities. IMON (Tajikistan) staff reached a staggering 6,000 people in the first week alone! SIS Credit (Bulgaria) is teaming ...
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