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                    [Title] => Bridge invests $24M on rural banks
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Bridge Financial Services (Bridge) is investing $24 million on Philippine rural banks, whether through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capacity building, or capital raising.

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is open to the idea of allowing foreign investors to buy into rural banks to give the industry a much needed shot in the arm.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244596 [Title] => Going beyond microfinance, best practices [Summary] => The Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) program in the Philippines is breaking ground by demonstrating that commercial microfinance providers can profitably serve the rural poor. Since this United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-designed program started over four years ago, MABS participating banks had disbursed approximately $37 million to more than 70,000 microentrepreneurs as of December 2002.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 918469
                    [Title] => Bridge invests $24M on rural banks
                    [Summary] => 

Bridge Financial Services (Bridge) is investing $24 million on Philippine rural banks, whether through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capacity building, or capital raising.

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is open to the idea of allowing foreign investors to buy into rural banks to give the industry a much needed shot in the arm.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244596 [Title] => Going beyond microfinance, best practices [Summary] => The Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) program in the Philippines is breaking ground by demonstrating that commercial microfinance providers can profitably serve the rural poor. Since this United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-designed program started over four years ago, MABS participating banks had disbursed approximately $37 million to more than 70,000 microentrepreneurs as of December 2002.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) ) )
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