MicroNews Roundup

There is an incredible array of things going on in microfinance, and for those of us who aren’t engaged in it full time, it’s hard to keep up. In the interest of keeping the SeaMo community up-to-date on the latest, I’m going to start posting links with brief descriptions of interesting news in microfinance with some regularity. If you happen to come across something interesting, send me a note at ryancalkins at gmail dot com, and I’ll be sure to post it in the next round.

• The Daily Trust of Abuja interviews the Managing Director of Nigeria’s Integrated Microfinance Bank, a fast growing state licensed bank to the poor. (more)
• The Times of London explores the potential for higher rates of default and a new subprime credit mess resulting from imprudent or predatory microlending. (more)
• LiveMint.com has an article on the probability of mergers and acquisitions in microfinance as larger MFIs attempt to scale. (more)
• For more on the Pocantico Declaration, the code of ethics of microfinance mentioned in the times article, click here.