... requesting an aggressive marketing policy for boosting the commercialisa-
tion.
The global voice of
savings and retail banking
Microfinance services by savings banks in Africa
The sleeping giants have ... facilities are critical business lines for narrow banks in the endeavour to sustain and enhance
their income base constrained by the restrictions in i...
... benefit
Savings banks are the largest element of institutions which target a
“double bottom-line” – both financial profit and servicing the interests of
the communities where they operate. These institutions ... 2009
WSBI members are large stakeholders in the microfinance market. They are
ideally equipped to be the leading providers of microfinance services...
... to play in the development of microfinance, since they finance the local
economy in the communities where they operate. They are thus intrinsically linked to the social
objectives of the 2020 ... challenges in the sector are developing a common definition of the terms used in the
microfinance sector and involving all the actors in the development...
... out of
the savings banks movement, have done a
Bringing the Hidden Giants to the
Footlight: the Role of Savings and
Retail Banks in Increasing the Level
of Access to Financial Services
Chris ... player in the access to finance
field: savings banks (including postal savings banks)
and socially committed retail banks. A large majority of
savings...
... all 463 savings banks. Instead, the example of four sav-
ings banks and their areas have been investigated. Each of these savings banks is char-
acterized by a specific type of region: Two are located ... does matter in the customer-bank
relationship. Despite the fact that internet-banking is still gaining in importance, re-
gional banks remain the key player in...
... the savings banks was sensitive to the
interest paid by the joint stock banks and improvements in their facilities. In
the United States, where the savings banks came closest to meeting their ... where they were most needed. In Ireland they had even less
success in getting the poor to save than across the Irish Sea. In the United
States, where...
... common in West Africa. They earn their living by
sequestering people’s savings and keeping them safe until
they are needed or until the agreed-upon savings cycle
ends. These savings can generally ... generating enough
income to remain self-sufficient and continue to grow.
In order to examine the ways in which MFIs in
sub-Saharan Africa are meeting these chall...
... from ESBG (European Savings Banks Group) members
are listed in an additional separate report,
available at www .savings- banks. com or
by sending an e-mail to info @savings- banks. com.
Your contact
Chris ... Loroupe.
The objective of the seminar was to inculcate savings culture among the athletes who are
customers and introduce to them the existing investment optio...
... previous
studies in the literature. These findings are important for the institution protection
schemes operated by the Federal Association of Co-operative banks and by the
German Savings Bank Association. ... illustrated in
Table 2.
The predictors that capture capital holdings (
X
1
) and deposits held by banks (X
8
) are
correctly signed but remain insig...
... previous
studies in the literature. These findings are important for the institution protection
schemes operated by the Federal Association of Co-operative banks and by the
German Savings Bank Association. ... illustrated in
Table 2.
The predictors that capture capital holdings (
X
1
) and deposits held by banks (X
8
) are
correctly signed but remain insig...