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The next banking revolution

The world is in the midst of a banking revolution that has nothing to do with exotic financial engineering. It’s in microfinance, or the provision of financial services to poor people worldwide.
Read more on Marketwatch – http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-next-banking-revolution
(About the author of the article – Elisabeth Rhyne is managing director of the Washington, D.C.-based Centre for Financial [...]

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For tweeters

MTA is now on Twitter – http://twitter.com/mftraining
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Sector continues to grow

The Good news – The Microfinance Sector continues to grow.
Some highlights of a report from LiveMint dated July 13, 2009.

The microfinance industry has seen the most active venture capital deal flow within the banking and financial sector since January 2008.
Of about 50 private equity deals worth $1 billion (Rs4,940 crore) in banking and finance in [...]

Profiles of Students for HR and Ops heads at MFIs

For – HR heads and Ops heads looking to recruit Centre Managers or Branch Managers.
To access profiles of students who are looking at careers with Microfinance Institutions, a secure section has been created.  If you would like access to these profiles, please write to info@microfinancetrianing.com for more information.

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Welcome to the Microfinance Training Academy blog

A warm welcome to all visitors to the MTA blog.  We plan to share events, news and happenings at the MTA through this blog.   Partner MFIs can share their organization news and updates for posting here.  Drop us a line with your updates – info@microfinancetraining.com.
Students (current and past) can post to the internal student blog.  [...]

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