MFC is one of the signatory organizations of the pledge, Report on COVID-19 and Lessons Learned. Our collaborating partners publish articles on the current developments. ADA, Inpulse and the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation joined forces in 2020 to monitor and analyse the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on their partner microfinance institutions around the world. This monitoring was carried out ...

MFC is proudly presenting the launch of the Sentinel project. It is a research initiative formed to really understand how microfinance providers are coping with and adapting to the pandemic. MFC is taking part in the research process in Europe and Central Asia regions. Read a foreword from the leaders of the project, explaining its main ideas. By Daniel Rozas, ...

Erste Group’s Social Banking invested 53 million euros to support its clients in the pandemic year 2020 2020 was a challenging year, with the Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately hitting the most vulnerable people in our society – not only in terms of their health, but also financially, due to job loss or lower income. However, the recently published Annual Report by ...

Microfinance business – Before and After Covid-19 MFC Member, Impactiive, started a series of articles on the microfinance industry current situation and future perspectives. Our Team at the Microfinance Centre found their broad approach and analysis thought-provoking and we recommed that read to any microfinance #professional who wants to start a discussion on the modern challenges which the sector faces. Source: impactiive.com “Starting with ...

MFC invites you to our special series of webinars featuring , & to learn and discuss! [Read about the whole series]   Webinar no 1 | KEEP CALM, ADAPT AND CARRY ON Date: Wednesday, 3 March 2021 at 11:00 (CET) Language: English Register here March 2021, approximately 1 year after Europe became the active center of the COVID-19 pandemic, Europa ...

The European Union is offering this webinar to microfinance institutions (MFI) interested in exploring the impact of the pandemic on MSME oriented finance in Europe and what can be done to support FIs to transition into a post pandemic world. A FUNDER IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED Date: Wednesday, 17 March 2021 at 11:00 (CET) Language: English Register here ...

Track 2: Digital teams Date: 18 March 2021 💡 Most of us care about having good relations with colleagues. There are unpleasant situations, when they are not delivering what is expected of them job-wise and it’s on us to hold them accountable. Sending an email requesting improvement sounds tempting, but can often lead to unnecessary conflict.  ➡ This webinar guides ...

Track 2: Digital teams Date: 11 March 2021 💡 Have you ever gotten an email that knocked you out for few minutes, keeping you wondering, who of your colleagues is an alien? Has a one sentence WhatsApp message from your boss raised your heart rate to dangerous levels? If yes, this webinar is for you. Working from home in times ...

MFC invites you to our special series of webinars featuring , & to learn and discuss! [Read about the whole series]   Webinar no 2 | DIGITALIZE OR DIE Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2021 at 11:00 (CET) Language: English Register here For many years now there has been a need for traditional financial institutions to face the challenge presented by ...

[article regularly updated]   Last year’s BWC results are here for you to consult. The participants, assisted by MFC team, have done a tremendous job to adapt the Campaign to the pandemic reality. General outreach of the Campaign in 2020 You surely are curious of the overall outreach of #Borrow Wisely last year. The figures are terrific: overall BWC partners ...