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What is the name of your company, organization, or school?

Re-Vision Labs

What is your job function?

Co-Founder

How did you find out about the Microfinance Network?

trolling the web

What is your alma mater?

Bainbridge Graduate Institute

What is your website?

Why are you here?

To learn

What are you currently working on?

microfinance 2.0

At 6:24am on July 6, 2009, Meg Gregoire said…: Hi Dan,

Thanks for the link to your blog post, I appreciate the help. I like the idea of rotating savings clubs. For my research project, I am looking at existing MFIs in the States, and specifically ones in Florida. I don't believe any of the ones I have come across yet, have a rotating savings club, but will definitely suggest it to them.

What is the microfinance 2.0 project you are working on?

At 12:46pm on June 19, 2009, Haley Priebe said…: Dan,

Thanks for explaining Re-vision and MF 2.0 to me. It all sounds very interesting and is certainly important as microfinance begins to occupy a more legitimate place in the business world.

Earlier this month, I spent some time with Professor Yunus at the Regional Microcredit Summit in Cartagena, Colombia, and he said that microfinance is a "homeless business for the homeless." It sounds like through developing standardized systems of measurement/accounting, better transparency, and ultimately legality and savings programs, you are working to build microfinance a home.

Have you heard of an organization called "Results?" I don't know that much about them except that they are associated with the Microcredit Summit Campaign and that they spend a lot of time lobbying the government to allow MFIs to register as banks. This might be interesting to you. I think they're website is results.org.

I hope this is interesting, and I look forward to learning more about MF 2.0.

Thanks,
Haley

At 9:26pm on June 18, 2009, Haley Priebe said…: Hi Dan,

I am curious to learn more about Re-Vision and Microfinance 2.0. Is this an online project?

Best,
Haley