Rupert Scofield's interview with Credit Suisse
February 3rd, 2011
FINCA President & CEO Rupert Scofield was invited to sit down with Credit Suisse recently to participate in an interview in which he shares his views about the future trends and opportunities in microfinance and social entrepreneurship, and the important roles all stakeholders can play in their successful development.
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Update from the Microfinance CEO Wroking Group
January 18, 2012
The founding members of the Microfinance CEO Working Group, which includes the CEOs of pioneering microfinance organizations ACCION, FINCA, Freedom from Hunger, Grameen Foundation USA, Opportunity International, Pro Mujer, VisionFund International, and Women’s World Banking, have just released the “Road Map for the Microfinance Industry: Focusing on Responsible and Client-Centered Microfinance.”
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Citibank Staff Provide Training for FINCA Jordan Clients
January, 2012
Staff members of FINCA Jordan were recently joined by a group of Citibank employees at the Deir Alla branch to conduct training for clients designed to enhance their business management skills, and advise them in areas of personal financial management, marketing and product development.
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FINCA's Rupert Scofield Profiled in LIFESTYLES Magazine
January, 2012
LIFESTYLES Magazine has published an in-depth and engaging profile of FINCA's President & CEO Rupert Scofield entitled "The People's Bank: FINCA's Rupert Scofield is out to prove that small loans can go a long way."
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Voices of hope Campaign Meets Matching Fund Challenge!
January 3, 2012
Thanks to supporters like you, FINCA met our Voices of Hope matching gift goal for December 2011. Together, we raised $596,000!
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2011 – A Record-Setting Year for FINCA!
December 30, 2011
2011 proved to be a year of achieving new goals and setting all-time records for FINCA’s 21 subsidiaries worldwide. We’d like to share a few of our most notable successes with you.
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FINCA Featured in A&E Biography of Natalie Portman
December 29, 2011
A Biography Channel feature about the life and career of FINCA Ambassador of Hope Natalie Portman showcases her work on behalf of FINCA's programs worldwide.
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Zoe Saldana and FINCA Featured as In Style Shining Star
November 22, 2011
FINCA Goodwill Envoy Zoe Saldana is one of In Style Magazines Shining Stars for 2011 for her work on behalf of Lend A Hand. In the feature, Zoe talks about visiting with FINCA Haiti clients and taking strength from their determination and resilient spirits.
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Rupert Scofield Motivates Social Entrepreneurs Worldwide
November 14, 2011
Today is the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week, a celebration of the innovators who help drive economic growth and expand human welfare. FINCA's President & CEO's decades of experience in the field of social entrepreneurship is an influential voice during this week-long, worldwide celebration of social innovation...
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Actress Lake Bell Hosts FINCA Shopping Benefit at Henri Bendel
November 10, 2011
Movie and television actress Lake Bell, currently co-starring in the HBO television series How To Make It In America, hosted a two-hour shopping event to benefit FINCA’s Lend A Hand client sponsorship program. She was joined by Henri Bendel President Chris Fiore and FINCA Vice President for New Business Development Soledad Gompf at the flagship store in Manhattan.
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FINCA Uganda Serves More Than 50,000 Clients!
November, 2011
FINCA’s first African program, started in 1992, has broken through the 50,000 client barrier, and we couldn’t be more proud of our staff for their hard work and tireless efforts.
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Improving Microfinance Together
October, 2011
Since its very beginnings, FINCA has taken a leadership stance on making sure that our clients’ best interests are at the forefront of every decision we make about the financial services we provide. We have been a standard bearer in the industry, and taken the lead in helping establish principles for the protection of microfinance clients, as well as pioneering client assessment methodologies to determine the progress our clients’ make in growing their businesses and improving their socio-economic well-being...
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Rumsfeld Foundation Announces 2011 Microfinance Grants. FINCA is among the recepients.
September 22, 2011
Rumsfeld Foundation announced its 2011 global microfinance grants. This year's grants will support four global microfinance organizations and FINCA is one of them.
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Credit Suisse Supports Professional Growth for FINCA Staff
September, 2011
As FINCA continues to grow and reach more clients, the need to develop professional mid-level managers is being met through the generous support of Credit Suisse. Learn more about how this partnership will help FINCA reach even more clients with new and improved products and services.
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UN Goodwill Ambassador Mira Sorvino Supports FINCA at Canadian Fundraiser
September 15, 2011
Academy-award winning actress Mira Sorvino was the guest of honor at FINCA Canada’s annual fundraising, hosted by FINCA Canada Board Member Linda Wolfond and her husband Greg, where she spoke about how microfinance can help prevent human trafficking.
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Introducing FINCA's New StarGirls!
September 2011
Ambassador of HopeNatalie Portman and Goodwill Envoy Zoe Saldana, both celebrated actresses, have been long-time supporters of FINCA, but they are not our only stars! With the support of the Mastercard Foundation, FINCA Uganda has inspired more than a thousand young women and girls to save money for their futures.
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Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Grant Helps FINCA Haiti Reach More Microentrepreneurs
September 8, 2011
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund has provided a grant of $358,000, which will allow FINCA Haiti to reach even more women struggling to improve their lives in Haiti.
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How did FINCA become one of the world’s leading microfinance organizations?
Three-part video series provides all the answers
7/7/2011
FINCA President and CEO Rupert Scofield shares the lessons he’s learned over the past 25 years with the UK’s Telegraph, talking about what it takes to turn a small idea into a thriving, poverty-alleviation organization.
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Reaching Millions More through Socially-Responsible Investments
6/17/2011
With the strength of its global network, FINCA is partnering with a group of socially-responsible organizations that have long-standing lending relationships with FINCA, and whose missions explicitly align with FINCA’s own goal of alleviating poverty.
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New Initiative Lets You Lend A Hand Directly to FINCA Clients
6/13/2011
FINCA is excited to announce that now you can support clients directly through an easy-to-use, safe and secure online donation tool called Lend A Hand. This new, direct-to-donor sponsorship program lets you choose the client you personally want to help build, or expand, their small business, then make your donation using this innovative new tool.
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Make history by helping FINCA raise $500,000
May 31, 2011
As the Arab Spring unfolds, FINCA is on the ground with our clients in Jordan and Afghanistan witnessing change, turmoil – and hope. We must do more for poor women of the Greater Middle East desperate for the chance to change their lives
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How did FINCA become a Global Microfinance Leader?
FINCA's President & CEO Publishes a Book
May 2011
If you've ever wondered how FINCA has grown from an idea scribbled on a legal pad to a thriving network of wholly-owned microfinance institutions serving hundreds of thousands of clients with a broad array of products and service, then you might be interested in President & CEO Rupert Scofield's book The Social Entrepreneur's Handbook: How to Start, Build and Run a Business that Improves the World. In his new book, Rupert provides readers with a no-holds-barred, honest assessment of what it’s taken over the past 25 years to create one of the world’s premier poverty alleviation organizations.
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Responding to Concerns about the Microfinance Industry
May, 2011
Recent reports in the media re: client protection, interest rates and commercial vs. non-commercial microlenders has prompted us to provide our supporters with an explanation of how FINCA ensures that we keep the welfare of our clients first and foremost in all of our endeavors, and hold to the highest ethical standards.
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FINCA Surpasses 800,000 Clients Served Worldwide
May, 2011
FINCA concluded the first quarter of 2011 serving 800,814 clients across our 21 programs--a new record in client outreach. Given the five-person average family size of our clients, FINCA's financial services potentially improved the lives of over four million children and adults struggling in poverty.
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Village Banking Campaign Call-To-Action a Big Success
April, 2011
In May 2007, with your help and support, FINCA launched the Village Banking Campaign, an ambitious call-to-action campaign designed to harness social momentum and mobilize the people and resources needed to alleviate poverty on a global scale. We are pleased to share the success of the campaign, on the heels of FINCA celebrating 25 years of poverty alleviation in 2010
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FINCA Georgia Surpasses 30,000 Clients Served!
April, 2011
Even in the midst of a brief war with Russia in 2008, the worldwide economic downturn, and a political crisis in 2009, FINCA Georgia has remained on a growth trajectory that has resulted in providing loans to 30,267 women and men.
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FINCA Zambia Celebrates Ten Years of Changing Lives
March, 2011
In one of the world’s poorest countries, with 86% of the population living below the national poverty line and 50 % unemployment, FINCA Zambia has been providing hope and opportunity to impoverished entrepreneurs for ten years.
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An Open Letter in Support of Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Washington D.C., March 8, 2011 - Muhammad Yunus has diligently served the poor for decades. No one has done more to inspire generations to work to reduce poverty.
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In Support of Dr. Muhammad Yunus
3/7/2011
Statement by Rupert Scofield, FINCA's President and CEO:
Dear Friends,
You may be aware of the issues surrounding the government of Bangladesh and its campaign to remove Muhammad Yunus as the Managing Director of Grameen Bank...
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FINCA Azerbaijan Surpasses 100,000 Client Mark
FINCA Reaches Record Number of Clients Worldwide
2/15/2011
FINCA Azerbaijan recently became the third program in FINCA’s 21-country global network to pass the 100,000-client milestone—after FINCA Mexico and FINCA Kyrgyzstan.
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