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                    [Title] => HSBC, Opportunity International launch credit card-based remittance service
                    [Summary] => HSBC and Opportunity International launched yesterday a credit card – called the Opportunity Card that will allow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)  in the United States to remit foreign exchange through the card.


The partners, however, are still looking for a telecom company in the Philippines willing to adopt to their software allowing Filipinos overseas to send text messages to their recipients in the Philippines.
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That is because the non-government organizations (NGOs), or the leading entities propagating microfinance is not regulated by government. They are only required to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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"We envision this unit as a vehicle for mobilizing and administering possible international and local donor funds as well as our own BSP funds to be earmarked primarily for microfinance training, advocacy and research," BSP Monetary Board member Antonino L. Alindogan said.

Alindogan said that it was critical that the importance of microfinance is propagated, and access to technology is available.
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                    [Title] => HSBC, Opportunity International launch credit card-based remittance service
                    [Summary] => HSBC and Opportunity International launched yesterday a credit card – called the Opportunity Card that will allow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)  in the United States to remit foreign exchange through the card.


The partners, however, are still looking for a telecom company in the Philippines willing to adopt to their software allowing Filipinos overseas to send text messages to their recipients in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157457 [Title] => Microfinance regulatory scene still fragmented [Summary] => The regulatory environment for microfinance institutions is still fragmented.

That is because the non-government organizations (NGOs), or the leading entities propagating microfinance is not regulated by government. They are only required to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 141591 [Title] => BSP supports microfinancing [Summary] => Responding to the challenge of poverty alleviation, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has established a special unit for microfinance.

"We envision this unit as a vehicle for mobilizing and administering possible international and local donor funds as well as our own BSP funds to be earmarked primarily for microfinance training, advocacy and research," BSP Monetary Board member Antonino L. Alindogan said.

Alindogan said that it was critical that the importance of microfinance is propagated, and access to technology is available.
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