The Vitas Group
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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Vitas 2015 Bi-Annual Social Performance Report
Vitas 2015 Bi-Annual Social Performance Report Tracking Client Progress and Satisfaction Executive Summary Social Performance Management (SPM) is the process ofmanaging an organization to achieve …
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