Archive for September, 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

You could be the person that helps me find an internship of my dreams in a financial institution!!!!!!?

Hey everybody. I’m a business student majoring in finance and accountancy and I am looking do to an internship next year in a financial institution of some kind. Honestly I would prefer to work in a bank that has some sort of microfinance department. So if any of you work in a financial [...]

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

An introduction to Bandhan | Microfinance in India

A sustainable approach towards poverty alleviation. www.bandhanmf.com
Duration : 0:5:28

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Technorati Tags: Bandhan, Bank, Bengal, grameen, india, Kolkata, MFI, microcredit, Microentrepreneur, Microfinance, microloan, Poor, poverty, west

Monday, September 29th, 2008

is CCNA course going on I have heard that its registration has been closed since 31 st may 2007?

My self abhishek Verma from bhagalpur bihar eager to do CCNA currently working in SKS microfinance Pvt. Ltd. as tech support
CCNA Career Certifications are one of the highest ranking certifications in the IT industry. In fact, many IT professionals and managers believe CCNA certifications bring them more value than their university or technical school diploma! [...]

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

What is meant by "heavily" in this sentence?

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Microfinance institution with *heavily* subsidized loans.
It means many loans

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Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Brooks Dyroff Microfinance Video

CEO 4 Teens receives funding from Andover’s microcredit club to make three microfinance loans to students in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
Duration : 0:3:21

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Technorati Tags: Brooks, CEO, Dyroff, Microfinance, Teens

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

What does "payable on demand" really mean?

- Deposits.
The total value of funds placed in an account with a microfinance institution that are *payable on demand* to a depositor.
"Payable on Demand" means that the loan or funds must be repaid when the funds are requested. The lender or holder of the funds could ask for a grace period instead. In [...]

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Small medium size business definition?

I’ve searched all the way into nothing on MicroFinance Bank’s definition of SMEs. Would you provide me with some links or the knowledge of your own?
The Small Business Administration has a small business size standard table that defines small businesses. There is no clear cut definition of small businesses where you say that less than [...]

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Microfinance Initiatives - Microsoft India

Microsoft’s Efforts in enabling Rural Financial Institutions to reach out poor through technology
Duration : 0:7:33

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Technorati Tags: agricultural, credit, government, grassroots, india, Microfinance, microsoft, nabard, nonprofit, outreach, pacs, societies

Friday, September 26th, 2008

What is meant by "at a moment in time" in this sentence?

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The balance sheet is a stock statement, which is a snapshot of the microfinance institution at a moment in time.
"At a moment in time" is redundant; what else could a moment be in besides time?
It makes more sense to say "at specific time."

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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

What is it meant by less in this sentence?

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Net operating income. Total operating revenue *less* all expenses related to the microfinance institution’s core financial service operations, including total operating expense, financial expense, and loan-loss provision expense.
In this case, less means minus or taken away. So the expenses related to service operations is subtracted from the total operating revenue.

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