Philippine Postal Savings Bank joins MCPI as associate member
What is now known as the Philippine Postal Savings Bank (Postbank) used to be Postal Savings Bank, a division of the Bureau of Posts. It was established in 1906 to bring banking services to the rural areas and to enable the Philippine government to tap savings in the countryside.Continue reading
Strengthening the Capacities of MFIs: Building Leadership Accountability to the Mission
On September 7 – 11, 2015, delegates of different microfinance institutions (MFIs) across the country gathered in a workshop hosted by the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. (MCPI) in partnership with the People’s Development Trust Fund (PDTF), in Iloilo City. Continue reading
Microfinance and Inclusive Growth: The 2015 MCPI Annual Conference
On July 23-24, the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc. held its Annual Conference in Century Park Hotel Manila, with the theme Microfinance and Inclusive Growth. The conference brought together key microfinance stakeholders representing practitioners, funders, government institutions, donors, investors and other support organizations to discuss important developments and initiatives affecting the microfinance sector. Continue reading
Kicking-off the DevSEA Learning Exchange
The Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc.’s Developing Sustainable Energy Access (DevSEA) program conducted a Learning Exchange (LEX) session on June 18, 2015, aimed to initially kick-off peer-to-peer learning. The LEX focused on two sub-sessions: a) AlalaysaKaunlaran, Inc. (ASKI) presenting key insights from the Asian Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) and b) sharing and gaining experiences from the pilot branches on DevSEA program as well as experiences of Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. (NWTF) and Paglaum Multi-purpose Cooperative (PMPC) on other green energy related lending program. Members of the Technical Working Group from the four partner-MFIs of MCPI DevSEA program – ASKI, PBC, NWTF, and PMPC – participated in the session.Continue reading
BSP, Citi, and MCPI launch 2015 search for model microentrepreneurs
More than PhP1 million in cash prizes, wide range of incentives
await 7 national, regional winners
The Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA),the search for most outstanding microentrepreneurs in the country,officially started this year in a ceremony on May 22, 2015 at the BangkoSentral ng Pilipinas in Manila.Continue reading
The post-Yolanda rehabilitation project
Months after the onslaught of super typhoon Yolanda which devastated the central part of the Philippines, the ICCO Cooperation approved the Microfinance Council of the Philippines, Inc.’s proposal to fund a rehabilitation initiative that would help microfinance clients recover from the disaster. Continue reading
Outstanding microbusiness owners share success with communities through Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards town hall celebrations
Following the national awarding ceremonies of the 12th Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA) held at Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the seven winners had the chance to also share their success in intimate town hall celebrations held at their respective communities and provinces around the country.Continue reading
The Business of Doing Good: a book on a new approach to doing good (and doing it better)
Why do so many microfinance institutions, seeking to improve lives, fall short – and even end up harming those they try to help? This is the central question tackled in The Business of Doing Good, which outlines six practical steps for a new approach to doing good, and doing well, in the marketplace. Continue reading