Welcome to BWTP Network

Banking With The Poor Network

The Banking with the Poor Network (BWTP) is an Asian association of a diverse range of microfinance stakeholders committed to improving the quality of life of the poor through promoting and facilitating their access to sustainable financial services. The BWTP Network has emerged to become the largest regional microfinance network in Asia, with a total current membership of 61 institutions – from 14 countries in the region with 42 MFIs, 10 Microfinance Networks, 8 Non-MFIs and 1 central bank.

Announcements

The Philippines to host the 2013 Microcredit Summit: Partnerships against Poverty. Find out more here.

The Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2012 will take place in Manila, Phillipines from 5-6 December. Find out more here.

The report on the 2012 Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion is now available for download.

Click here to download Buksh Foundation's Impact Assessment Report YR 2012

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and ACLEDA Training Center invite you to join the Microfinance Winter Academy 2012 on 18 - 23 November 2012 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Click here for more details.

BWTP Bulletein June 2012: Increasing the Impact of Remittances Financial Inclusion of Migrant Workers and their Families back Home

Getting Beyond the 'Crisis' - Exploring Practitioner Perspectives on the Critique of Microfinance is now available for download!

Click here to download BWTP Network Corporate History - A History of Asia's Regional Microfinance Network.

Asia Resource Centre

The Asia Resource Centre for Microfinance (ARCM) is based on dialogue and information exchange at national and regional levels in South and Southeast Asia. The ARCM constitutes a learning and information hub for BWTP Network members and other microfinance stakeholders in Asia. It consists of a range of BWTP Network publications.

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Discover our members

The BWTP Network consists of members that represent the major microfinance markets in the region. This includes microfinance providers such as NGO MFIs and commercial banks, institutions responsible for setting policy and regulations, technical assistance providers and microfinance networks.

The Microfinance Network Perspective

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THE ASIAN MICROFINANCE NETWORK PLATFORM

Get information on the activities of the region's national microfinance networks.

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