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Voice of America: Banks Look to Expand Microfinance Services
The annual Global Network for Banking Innovation (GNBI) meeting, which was held in The Netherlands on June 18 and 19, 2007, is featured in the following special report about microfinance, which appeared on the Voice of America on June 25, 2007.Banks Look to Expand Microfinance Services VOA Special English Development Report
De Pers Daily News (Netherlands): Interview with Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women's World Banking
Microcredit. It is inextricably linked to the Grameen bank of Muhammad Yunus. But the commercial banking sector is also showing an interest.
By: Sharida Mohamedjoesoef
National Public Radio: Big Banks Want In on Microfinancing
WWB's Founding President, Michaela Walsh, was interviewed for NPR's Markeplace on Monday, June 18, 2007. The interview was broadcast during the morning news time at 6:50 a.m., 7:50 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. Michaela spoke about WWB, women's empowerment and the evolution of the microfinance industry, including the entry of banks into microfinance. The show's host also mentioned the annual GNBI meeting, which is being held in the Netherlands on June 18 and 19, 2007. If you missed the broadcast, you may listen to it online.
Banks Come Together to Reach the Unbanked: WWB and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Host Meeting of the Global Network for Banking Innovation (GNBI)
On June 18th and 19th, in The Hague, Women’s World Banking and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands hosted the 4th annual meeting of WWB's Global Network for Banking Innovation for Microfinance (GNBI), a network of 24 major commercial banks and microfinance institutions formed in 2001 to spur innovation in banking strategies and the development of products and services for the growing microfinance sector.
