Category Archives: Microfinance

HMFC Helps Fund Loan to Local NGO Working With Returnees

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Shannon Mudd

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 →

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Shan Shan on the 2015 Lend for America Conference

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Shannon Mudd

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 →

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If Angel Investing and Microfinance Had a Baby

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Shannon Mudd

Last week I attended a great event called the SOURCE Forum, a joint venture by the Hitachi Foundation, Village Capital and Investors Circle.  SOURCE stands for Solutions from OUR Countries Entrepreneurs. The concept of SOURCE is to provide more opportunities … Continue reading →

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Haverford’s First MF Client! (a Kiva Zip Borrower)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Shannon Mudd

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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Bryn Mawr Students also working with Kiva Zip

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Shannon Mudd

A number of Bryn Mawr students have been interested in Microfinance over the years (and regularly take my class!) . Last year they started meeting regularly, participated in Lend for America events (see pic of Tri-Co participants)  and have now … Continue reading →

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First client for HMFC – Boothtastic!

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Shannon Mudd

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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