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An Mi3 Summer Field Trip to Kensington and South Philly
This summer, Professor Mudd and 5 Mi3 students on campus for the summer ventured out on another Mi3 journey to keep up with our local impact investing landscape, this time both to Kensington and to South Philadelphia! We visited three … Continue reading
HMFC Helps Fund Loan to Local NGO Working With Returnees
HMFC, the student run Haverford MicroFinance Consulting, has been working for the past two years with Kiva Zip, an online crowdfunding platform for zero interest loans to small businesses. Last year, in its role as a Kiva Zip trustee, HMFC endorsed Aisha … Continue reading
Shan Shan on the 2015 Lend for America Conference
This year six students from the Haverford Microfinance Consulting attended the annual Lend for America Conference (LFA) an event to bring together campus microfinance institutions across the US. This year’s event was hosted by Georgetown University and more than ** difference campus … Continue reading
Haverford’s First MF Client! (a Kiva Zip Borrower)
This past year, Haverford Microfinance Consulting (HMFC) successfully applied to become a Kiva-Zip Trustee as a way to help provide access to finance to area small businesses who find it difficult to raise needed funds for the success of their businesses. … Continue reading
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First client for HMFC – Boothtastic!
For the past two years, the students of Haverford Microfinance Consulting (HMFC) have been shifting their focus from Access to Finance in the developing world to Access to Finance here in our own region. After a thorough strategic review, they … Continue reading
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LFA Summit 2014: Reading Critical Underwriting Documents
Xizi (Daisy) Yuan ’17 Discusses Information in Credit Reports, Pay Stubs and Bank Statements Used in Standard Loan Applications Two years ago, the students of the Haverford Microfinance Consulting club (HMFC) pivoted toward a focus on financial access issues here in … Continue reading
LFA Conference: Using data to measure effectiveness
Jennifer Kowalski ’17 Discusses Data Collection to Ensure HMFC’s Work With Clients Is Having Positive Impact Two years ago, the students of the Haverford Microfinance Consulting club (HMFC) pivoted toward a focus on financial access issues here in the US and began … Continue reading
LFA Conference: A Student’s Takeaways
Kayoung Lee ’16 Reports Takeaways from the Lend For America Summit 2014 Two years ago, the students of the Haverford Microfinance Consulting club (HMFC) pivoted toward a focus on financial access issues here in the US and began considering the possibility … Continue reading
Haverford Microfinance Consulting and Kiva Zip
The student organization Haverford Microfinance & Consulting (Haverford MFC) is exploring a new venture, working with Kiva Zip, an on-line crowd funding platform, as a Trustee. Trustees identify strong potential entrepreneurs with a need for capital, conduct due diligence on their … Continue reading
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