Register & Attend Microfinance USA Single Sessions

For those unable to spend the full 2 days at the conference, Microfinance USA is offering tickets by session for the plenary, breakout session, networking event, lunchtime session, or borrower tour.

Participate in the Microfinance Great Debate: Attend Microfinance USA

Debate erupted last week over the interest rates charged to microloan borrowers after The New York Times published a front page article criticizing some microfinance practitioners.   
What’s all the buzz about?
Read Neil MacFarquar’s article that sparked the interest rate debate.
Responses from:
Opportunity Fund – “We must place mission before profits to help borrowers [...]

Highlights from Microfinance USA 2009: Register Now for Microfinance USA 2010

The overwhelming success of the 2009 statewide “Microfinance, CA” conference demonstrated the enthusiasm among various players in the private and public sectors for a gathering to exchange ideas and resources to grow domestic microfinance.

Expanding on the energy and momentum generated by the 2009 conference, Microfinance USA will bring together 800 ‐ 1,000 [...]

2nd Annual San Diego Microfinance Summit

The 2nd Annual San Diego Microfinance Summit will be held on April 28th at the University Of San Diego. The event is put on by the San Diego Microfinance Summit, a collaborative group of microfinance organizations, volunteers, students, and the public of San Diego who are committed to educating and involving people in microfinance. [...]

REMINDER: Microfinance USA May 20 in San Francisco

Please join ACCION, KIVA, Opportunity Fund and other microfinance organizations for a leading conference on Microfinance in the United States. The only event of its kind.

Microcredit in the US

Feb 24, 2009 — Sokoloff and Powell are among thousands of Americans using microcredit, a financing system originated in the Third World, to help open small businesses or get through rough spots. While the dollar amounts are much bigger in the U. S. than the tiny loans in developing countries — some for less than [...]

LendtoEndPoverty Launched

Jan. 28, 2009 — ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today formally announced that its ‘Lend to End Poverty’ campaign and petition, calling on economic leaders to promote and prioritize microfinance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2009, crossed the 20,000 signature mark in advance of the WEF opening today in [...]

Microfinance: Ready For Its Big Leap?

Microfinance: Ready For Its Big Leap? As the CEO of Accion Texas, Janie Barrera has plenty of lending success stories to tell. There’s the Colombian woman in Dallas who launched a translation business, and today counts the likes of 3M and Southwest Airlines as clients. Or the African-American man in Houston whose idea of…(full article)

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 26, 2009 — After more than five years of joint work providing U.S. entrepreneurs with small business loans, microfinance organizations ACCION USA and ACCION New York have announced that they have combined operations. Through combined technology, back-office functions, and fundraising efforts, the unified organization will be able to provide microloans [...]

HBS-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance

Harvard Business School-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance