Author: Mariel Vincent Rapisura

In April 2008, the Academy for Microfinance Development in Indonesia (AMiDA) invited SEDPI’s president, Mr. Mariel Vincent Rapisura, to be part of the first faculty to deliver trainings in AMiDA. Mr. Rapisura delivered a training on entitled: “The New Frontier: Linking Microfinance and Remittances.” The participants evaluated the delivery of Mr. Rapisura at 4.78 from…

Progressive Bank Inc. (PBI) is a rural bank operating in Panay Island. Considered as a significant player in its market, PBI enjoys a Php 116 million portfolio with 15,000 clients and although it has a near perfect performance boasting a 2% Portfolio at Risk Ratio, its management still feels there is plenty of room for…

With plans of supporting microfinance institutions in its country, members of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) traveled to the Philippines to attend trainings at the Ateneo and visit a well-established microfinance cooperative in Manila. Not long after, CBN employed the services of their Ateneo trainers, SEDPI, to capacitate its staff on microfinance. The partnership…

The Agricultural and Rural Development for Catanduanes, Inc. (ARDCI) is a non-government organization operating a microfinance project. It received funding from the Eurpoean Union until 2002. The organization operates in the provinces of Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur and Sorsogon. It envisions itself as a sustainable institution for the economic empowerment of the enterprising poor in…

Being one the major microfinance wholesalers in the country, the Philippine Credit and Finance Corporation, familiarly known as PCFC, aims to (vision/outreach). It differentiates itself from other wholesaling institutions by providing regular trainings to its microfinance clients. In 2007, it commissioned SEDPI to develop and lead its trainings in various key cities in the country.…

The Philippine Credit and Finance Corporation (PCFC), one the pioneer microfinance wholesalers in the Philippines, commissioned SEDPI to develop and lead its trainings in various key cities in the country. After sending two of its staff members to attend Financial Analysis training at the Ateneo, PCFC saw it fit to contract SEDPI as trainers for…

A total of 11 MFIs in the Philippines who are at par with industry standards in terms of their financial performance and duly recognized in their respective areas of operations as market leaders participated in the documentation of their best practices. Two organizations, the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO) and the Sustainable Economic Activity Development…

Progressive Bank Inc. (PBI) is a rural bank of operating in Balasan, Iloilo. Considered as a significant player in its market, PBI enjoys a Php 70 million portfolio with close to 20,000 clients. And although it has a near perfect performance boasting a 2% PAR, its management still feels there is plenty of room for…

The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) was established in 1952 and is committed to the cause of Filipino peasants. PRRM’s sustainable livelihood and enterprise development strategy aims to contribute to household food security, increased incomes, and building sustainable livelihood systems. Alternative finance programs that involve the extension of financial services to the poor are implemented…