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Amazing growth of microfinance

By Rey Gamboa | December 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Microfinance may have taken its roots in the countryside, but it is now fully embraced as a powerful driver of the economy.

Business

MABS introduces microfinance management

December 7, 2010 - 12:00am

Senior officers and staff of Enterprise Capital Bank (EC Bank), a rural bank, were oriented to the RBAP-MABS Approach to Microfinance during the Senior Management Orientation (SMO) conducted by the USAID-supported...

Banking

Central Bank of Yemen delegates study Philippine microfinance

August 17, 2010 - 12:00am

A six-man delegation from the Central Bank of Yemen visited the Philippines early this month to study the country’s microfinance industry.

Banking

RBAP-MABS expands in Cebu

May 4, 2010 - 12:00am

he Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines-Microentrepreneurs Assistance for Banking Services (RBAP-MABS) was in Cebu last month to extend further assistance to the First Agro-Industrial Rural Bank (FAIR Bank)...

Banking

Corporate governance, housing microfinance seminars

March 23, 2010 - 12:00am

The Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines-Microenterprises Access to Banking Services (RBAP-MABS) is holding a workshop on the MABS Approach to housing microfinance (HMF) on March 23 to 25 at the RBAP Building,...

Banking

Small entrepreneurs to get ample aid from rural banks

By Ehda Dagooc | February 6, 2010 - 12:00am

Financial assistance to small entrepreneurs, farmers and fisherfolks is seen to accelerate starting this year, as the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) favors the new Microenterprise Access to Banking...

Freeman Cebu Business

GM Bank gets technical assistance

September 15, 2009 - 12:00am

The Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) program visited Nueva Ecija-based rural bank GM Bank last month to provide technical assistance and review its microfinance operations.

Banking

MABS program extended anew

May 20, 2008 - 12:00am

Banking

MABS marks 10th year

June 5, 2007 - 12:00am

Banking

BSP reclassifies agri-loan product

January 31, 2006 - 12:00am

The Monetary Board (MB) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has given the nod for the classification of a micro agri-loan product as a microfinance loan rather than as an agricultural loan. The banking product...

Banking