How to prevent MFIs to be channels of money laundering

Microfinance institutions providing financial intermediation functions can be used as conduits of money laundering and terrorism financing. With MFIs, it is even harder to track down since transfer of money in small amounts through a non-profit “charitable” institutions may not be monitored effectively. Deterring people with motives to use MFIs as a channel of their…

Clarifying Leadership, Governance and Management

For the past three months since May 2012, a series of seminars on leadership and governance were conducted for officers of microfinance institutions in Vietnam. The course was aimed at helping the participants clarify governance, leadership and management functions and be able to delineate roles of various positions in the structure of their institutions. At…