By Céline Hyon-Naudin, Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation Microfinance is the set of financial services and products accessible to people excluded from the traditional banking system. Today, the microfinance sector has 139 million beneficiaries with total outstanding loans estimated at $114 billion (1). Beyond the objective of promoting financial inclusion, the […]
During the first half of 2019, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation made new investments, including three in new countries. For example, it financed the LAPO microfinance institution in Sierra Leone for the first time, with an equivalent amount of €385,000. LAPO's mission is to provide financial services that […]
During the first half of 2019, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation made three new investments in Asia, including a guarantee in India in partnership with CA-CIB India. In Cambodia, Phare Performing Social Enterprise (PPSE) was granted a loan equivalent to €332,000. This partner, of which the Foundation holds 15.5% of the […]
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB) are joining forces to support and finance Indian microfinance institutions that support projects for populations excluded from the traditional banking system. Through this partnership, the Crédit Agricole Group is leveraging its expertise for inclusive finance in India and […]
At the initiative of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA, skills-based volunteering missions labeled "Solidarity Bankers" are offered to Crédit Agricole Group employees on behalf of organizations supported by the Foundation. Since the program's launch in 2018, thirteen missions have been launched. A new mission […]
Since 2010, Convergences has published an annual Microfinance Barometer that tracks the main trends in the sector at the international level while giving visibility to microfinance initiatives with a strong social impact and promoting good practices. This year, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation is a partner of the Microfinance Barometer […]
On Tuesday, July 16, at the Lyon Metropolitan Environment Center, Elisabeth AYRAULT, CEO of CNR, Raphaël APPERT, CEO of Crédit Agricole Centre-est, and Marc JEDLICZKA, director of the HESPUL association, officially launched the white paper "Producing my solar electricity," in the presence of Jacqueline ROISIL, deputy regional director of ADEME. […]
In partnership with CA Indosuez Wealth (Asset Management) and CACEIS Bank, Luxembourg Branch, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation launched the FIR (Inclusive Finance in Rural Areas) in September 2018, a sub-fund of the Grameen Crédit Agricole Fund, the first microfinance fund of the Crédit Agricole Group. 2018, launch of the FIR and first fundraising […]
As part of a team seminar held from July 3 to 5, the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department of Crédit Agricole SA decided for the first time to bring together their teams, led by Eric Campos, General Delegate of the Foundation and CSR Director of Crédit Agricole […]
Launched by the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and Crédit Agricole SA in June 2018, Solidarity Banker is a skills-based volunteer program open to all Crédit Agricole Group employees, supporting microfinance institutions and impact businesses supported by the Foundation. To celebrate its first year, the program was launched […]
