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Strong Growth Expected for South, East Asian MarketsLess optimism for European lending Hope for Financial InclusionPresidential panel links banking to community empowerment Cutting Through the Illusion of UnbankabilityOptical recognition terminals could be game changer Mastering Possibilities in MicrofinanceWith a focus on savings Underserved Americans & HolidaysNew index points to high anxiety Microfinance Code of Conduct for EuropeAddresses MFIs, investors, even regulators Walking in Shoes of America's UnderbankedCFSI event offers bankers first-hand experiences Push to Quell OverindebtednessMFIs stepping up to task Credit Unions Can Reach UnderservedNCUA urges more lending to micro-businesses Visa Joins Kiva to Spur Small Business LendingKiva City Brings Together Lenders, Community Leaders Industry CompassCFSI Floats Principles Gettting Poor People to SaveIt Ain't as Easy as it Might Seem, WSBI Reports Bank On Save UpNew Kansas City Rallying Cry Credit Unions Urged to Pursue UnbankedUVA Study Reveals $169 Billion Opportunity Empowering 28 Million BorrowersOikocredit Count for 2010 Pilots Show Promise Reaching Ultra-PoorCGAP Report Details "Graduation" Approach The Greening of MicrofinanceKiva Goes Green Rotarians Partner with Okicredit to Support MFIsGrant Monies to be Distributed Locally Banking on WomenCampaign Runs Through Mother's Day Grameen & the Human Side of MicrofinanceBenefitting from Experience FTC Puts Payday Lenders on Notice'We're watching you' Making the GradeMicroloans for Penn Staters Group Addresses MFI RestructuringsIAMFI offers best practices doc Fiji Plans Outreach to UnbankedFinancial Inclusion Task Force gets to work Sizing the U.S Microfinance MarketFledgling and concentrated Documenting Branchless BankingCGAP database shows challenges, opportunities Chevron Helps Grameen Enter California Market$1 million in funding for microlender's first West Coast branch EU Microfinance LaunchFirst up: the Netherlands U.S. Microlending MilestoneProsper marketplace marks five-years of P2P lending The Banking of IndiaRBI wants services in 79,000 unbanked villages by March 2012 Micro-Loans Lift Millions of Bangladeshis from PovertyBut some say promising data barely scratches surface Mainstreaming Milwaukee's UnderservedFDIC, local groups, promote financial products for unbanked and under-banked Financing Women EntrepreneursNovel new Kiva program targets low-income regions of the U.S., 56 other countries Microfinance and the Ultra PoorAre international development banks loosing sight of the poorest of the poor? Nonbanks and India's UnbankedNonbanks are better suited than banks at reaching the unbanked, analysts suggest Rewarding Unbanked Card UseInnovative cash rewards program targets unbanked who use prepaid debit cards SBA Provides Record $1.59 BillionSpurred by economic recovery legislation World Leaders Gather for First-Ever Savings ForumGates pledges $500 million toward savings programs Microfinance Gets Boost from EUHopes to spur 40,000 micro-loans over next 8 years Microfunding the Greening of AmericaNew Web site connects projects to funding $60 Million to Fuel Small Business LendingFund seeks to boost development in underserved communities Microlending Seen Taking Off in Western EuropeReport predicts P2P loans there will exceed $100 million by 2012 Grameen Grows FootprintWill expand microfinance services in China Microfinance Meets Hip HopGrameen wins funding with first ever hip-hop video Prospering from MicroloansP2P Site Surpasses $200 Million in Loans Staying on Top of the RulesCGAP Announces Financial Inclusion Regulation Center Banking for BillionsBarclays report: improving global access to financial services should boost chances of economic recovery Seen Elsewhere: Newsweek on Grameen AmericaNews weekly asks why is a Bangladeshi bank making inroads in the U.S.? Alternative Financial Services PrimerFDIC paper offers snapshot of this $320 billion-plus market Microinsureance Gets Tech BoostMicroinsurance Network simplifies tech shopping process |
 Worldwide, 3.5 billion people lack access to financial services. By 2012, 1.7 billion of these unbanked individuals are expected to have access to mobile phones. - CGAP |
