The Vitas Group

How Vitas Jordan is Supporting Medical Centers through a New Digital Loan Product

By Lizzie Hickman The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in the global medical supply chain. Shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators and medications made it …

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The Vitas Lab: Building Brighter Futures Through Financial Innovation 

By Rohit Kulkarni and Lizzie Hickman  Low- and middle-income countries were hit hard by COVID-19, as revenue streams dried up and government enforced lockdowns shuttered …

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Auditing During the Crisis

How pivoting from auditing to advising helps financial institutions manage risk during COVID-19 By Richard Shumann,Chief Risk Officer for Vitas Group This blog entry was …

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Why We Serve People with Disabilities: Lessons from Iraq

By Elissa McCarter-LaBorde, CEO of Vitas Group. Originally published on the Center for Financial Inclusion website. In 2014, Vitas launched a special needs loan program …

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Rebuilding Lives and Livelihoods in the “Promised Land”

Rebuilding Lives and Livelihoods in the “Promised Land” Savings and lending associations helping residents in Canaan develop their own businesses Maggy Pierre and her daughters …

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Global Communities, Calvert Impact Capital Sign $5 Million Loan Agreement to Expand Lending in the Middle East

Global Communities, Calvert Impact Capital Sign $5 Million Loan Agreement to Expand Lending in the Middle East Global Communities recently closed a new loan agreement …

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Vitas Group: Financing a Better World

Vitas Group: Financing a Better World For more than 20 years, Global Communities financial inclusion subsidiary, Vitas Group, has been providing access to credit in …

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Building Economic Prosperity in Iraq, One Small Loan at a Time

Building Economic Prosperity in Iraq, One Small Loan at a Time For a long time, Nada Khoudair considered herself an ordinary housewife and mother who …

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Bamboo Capital Partners Exits its Investment from Vitas

Bamboo Capital Partners Exits its Investment from Vitas After six years of investment, Bamboo Capital Partners (“Bamboo”), a leading impact investing private equity firm delivering …

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Saradar Bank SAL Acquires 49 Percent Stake in Vitas SAL

Saradar Bank SAL Acquires 49 Percent Stake in Vitas SAL Saradar Bank SAL announced the acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Vitas SAL (“Vitas” …

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Vitas Group Publishes 2016 Annual Report

Vitas Group Publishes 2016 Annual Report Vitas Group was created in 2006 to help unite the commercially-oriented microfinance institutions owned by Global Communities under one …

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Digital Financial Services: The Next Frontier For Financial Inclusion In The Middle East

Digital Financial Services: The Next Frontier For Financial Inclusion In The Middle East BY ELISSA MCCARTER-LABORDE This article was originally published on SAIS Perspectives Elissa McCarter-LaBorde, …

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Building an Inclusive Financial Sector in Iraq

Building an Inclusive Financial Sector in Iraq By Iftin Fatah, Investment Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)  |  This article originally appeared on the Center …

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Development, not Dependency: Investment as a Path to Self-Sufficiency and Stability in the Middle East

Development, not Dependency: Investment as a Path to Self-Sufficiency and Stability in the Middle East By David A. Weiss, President and CEO, Global Communities | …

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Financing Entrepreneurs in a Chaotic Region

Financing Entrepreneurs in a Chaotic Region This article originally appeared in Financial Advisor Magazine Written by Carol J. Clouse When impact investors think of microfinance, …

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Fostering Resilience in the Middle East: A People Centered Approach to Risk Reduction

Fostering Resilience in the Middle East: A People Centered  Approach to Risk Reduction The seamless integration of disaster risk reduction into overall business planning means …

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Global Communities and Vitas Group Join SME Finance Forum

Global Communities and Vitas Group Join SME Finance Forum Global Communities is pleased to announce that the organization and its subsidiary Vitas Group, were recently …

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2015 Vitas Group Annual Report

2015 Vitas Group Annual Report Vitas Group was created in 2006 to help unite the commercially-oriented microfinance institutions owned by Global Communities under one brand …

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