Imfino News

Johannesburg, South Africa, 6 February 2018–IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced new financing of R1.2 billion ($100 million) to support FNB’s lending to small and medium enterprises, with a focus on women-owned businesses.

The financing falls under the IFC ...

Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2, 2018—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a $77 million senior loan facility to PT. Indosurya Inti Finance (Indosurya), a local multifinance company. The IFC-led financing package aims to bolster the country’s small and medium enterprises ...

01 February 2018 - Aberdeen Standard Investments, the global investment manager, has announced the launch of the UK Equity Impact – Employment Opportunities Fund*, in collaboration with Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue.  The Fund will be managed by Lesley Duncan, Investment ...

TriLinc Global Impact Fund announced today that it has approved an additional $27.9 million in term loans and trade finance facilities to companies operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Emerging Europe, bringing total financing commitments as of January 31, 2018 to ...

NEW YORK, NY —JANUARY 30, 2018 This month, Grameen America, the fastest growing microfinance organization in the United States, celebrates its 10-year anniversary of empowering low-income women entrepreneurs in underserved areas in the U.S. through affordable microloans. In tandem, the organization announced that it ...

San Francisco, California - January 30, 2018 – Working Capital, an early-stage venture fund, launched today with the goal of accelerating supply chain innovations to enable corporations to operate more transparently and ethically around the world. It was founded by Humanity United, a foundation that is part ...

Washington, D.C., January 18, 2018—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today issued a $2 billion global bond, highlighting its international leadership role as the largest development institution focused exclusively on growing the private sector in emerging markets.

The heavily oversubscribed issuance ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2018 – US SIF: The Forum ...

Research finds that women in China show the greatest interest when it comes to investing in companies and funds that focus on positive social and environmental outcomes.

HONG KONG, 30 January, 2018 – New research published today by Moxie Future shows that women are leading the ...