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----- Original Message ---- From: Asana Viebeke Lengkong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:42:37 AM Subject: [bali-bali] Bank of Banks in Bali > The Oregonian > (USA) June 16, 2008 > > Portland-based Mercy Corps buying Indonesian bank to help poor > > The humanitarian agency will start the Bank of Banks to help > Indonesian agencies provide insurance, mortgage finance, > remittance services and mobile banking > Monday, June 16, 2008 > > Richard Read The Oregonian Staff > > Nonprofit Mercy Corps is buying a commercial bank in Bali, > Indonesia's tourist paradise, in a novel $33 million deal that > could move tens of millions of people out of poverty in the next > decade -- and create a new economic-developmen t model. > > Using a $19.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates > Foundation, Mercy Corps will head a consortium to create > Indonesia's first microfinance wholesale bank -- provisionally > titled the "Bank of Banks," nicknamed BoB. > > The deal, to be announced today, capitalizes on Mercy Corps' > experience with microfinance programs, which typically extend > small-business loans to people too poor to be served by regular > banks. It also propels the Portland-based relief-and-developm ent > organization to a new frontier where nonprofits, foundations, > government agencies and commercial entities collaborate to move > beyond handouts in less-developed nations. > > Mercy Corps, with investment from an arm of the World Bank and a > Dutch fund, plans to convert a struggling Bali bank into an > institution that can help thousands of small microfinance > organizations attain stability and boost services. The Bank of > Banks will enable the Indonesian organizations to move beyond > offering microloans and savings accounts to provide insurance, > mortgage finance, remittance services and mobile banking. > > The bank and supporting institutions aim to help 16 million > Indonesians build financial security by 2011, reaching them in > new ways, via cell phones, ATMs and the Internet. Mercy Corps > managers say that if successful, the strategy -- to be expanded > to the Philippines -- could help 45 million people permanently > move out of poverty during the next 10 years. > > "Bank of Banks is expected to revolutionize the way microfinance > works in Indonesia and beyond," said Neal Keny-Guyer, chief > executive of Mercy Corps. > > Biggest, first > > The deal represents several firsts for Mercy Corps. The Gates > grant is the biggest it has received from the Seattle-based > foundation. While Gates has supported Mercy Corps > disaster-response initiatives, the foundation hadn't yet backed > one of the humanitarian organization' s non-emergency programs. > > Mercy Corps has years of experience in microfinance, an approach > that became widely known when Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus > and his Grameen Bank won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their > grass-roots financial programs. > > In 2001, Mercy Corps co-founded XacBank, a commercial bank in > Mongolia that extends financial services to yak herders and > others across one of the world's most sparsely populated > countries. Microfinance institutions started by Mercy Corps in > Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have disbursed $240 > million in loans during 10 years to businesses and communities. > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > Messages in this topic ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Easily publish your photos to your Spaces with Photo Gallery. http://get.live. com/photogallery /overview __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar MARKETPLACE ________________________________ Blockbuster is giving away a FREE trial of - Blockbuster Total Access. Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity * 9 New MembersVisit Your Group New business? Get new customers. List your web site in Yahoo! Search. Real Food Group Share recipes and favorite meals w/ Real Food lovers. Everyday Wellness on Yahoo! Groups Find groups that will help you stay fit. . __,_._,___
