Category: Microfinance

The Social Enterprise Development Partnerships Inc. (SEDPI) and the Community Rural Bank of Catmon (CRBC) of Catmon, Cebu recently inked its partnership for the establishment of the training hub in Cebu. It is SEDPI’s third training hub in the Visayas. The Community Rural Bank of Catmon is a rural bank in the municipality of Catmon…

SEDPI (Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc.) inked a partnership with Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives (NSCC) on February 2012. The institutional partnership, in line with shared vision of eradicating poverty, hopes to foster development of cooperatives in Northern Luzon. The Archdiocese of Neuva Segovia organized NSCC in 1992 to create a viable and integrated program…

On February 2012, SEDPI and SCCI marked its partnership with Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives (NSCC). The institutional partnership, in line with shared vision of eradicating poverty, hopes to foster development of cooperatives in Northern Luzon. NSCC was organized in 1992 by the Archdiocese of Neuva Segovia to create a viable and integrated program that…

The  People’s Development Trust Fund (PDTF) – a government initiated program centered on capability building of microfinance institutions and microenterprises – approved Abuyog St. Francis Credit Cooperative’s (AFCCO) the grant proposal. The grant aims to facilitate development of AFCCO to match the growing and evolving needs of its stakeholders. AFCCO is focused on further strengthening…

SEDPI once again proved the effectiveness of its capacity building services after a partner microfinance institution (MFI) detected and solved fraud in its ranks. SEDPI delivered Technical and Mentoring Assistance (TAMA) to its partner MFI. TAMA is delivered on a mentor-learner approach as SEDPI social entrepreneurs closely supervise and monitor an institution’s progress towards sustainability.…

Community Rural Bank of Catmon, Inc. (CRBC), with the assistance of Social Enterprise Development Partnerships, Inc. (SEDPI) recently established its own Delinquency Management (DQ) task force as a way to strengthen its crusade to manage its delinquent accounts. During the Cebu leg of SEDPI’s Technical and Mentoring Assistance (TAMA) tour in Visayas and Mindanao last…

During the recent Rural Banker’s Association of the Philippines (RBAP) Annual Convention,  Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) hailed Katipunan Bank (KB) as best practice in terms of past due with a rate of 2.3%. This arduous feat in the microfinance industry is a manifestation that the rural bank has come a long way since its…

Mr. Edwin Salonga is one of the nine (9) selected speakers at the international conference on Global Partnerships in Microfinance. The conference is organized by the University of Greenwich, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham and Burgundy School of Business. Mr. Salonga is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Social Enterprise Development Partnerships,…