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American International Group has acquired 18 percent of MicroCred Nanchong, China (MNC). The deal also gives ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ the exclusive right to sell micro insurance to MNC clients for two years.

“MNC is the first wholly foreign-owned micro credit company in China,” the bulletin noted. “In addition to ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½, MNC is jointly owned by the International Finance Corporation, KfW Bankengruppe, and MicroCred S.A. ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ Micro Financial Servicessm, a unit dedicated to providing financial services and products to low income individuals and micro entrepreneurs worldwide, will spearhead ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½’s involvement with MNC.

“MNC began operations in October of 2007 and currently offers its clients a micro loan product with an average loan size of RMB 25,000 (approximately $3,600),” ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ explained. It plans to “introduce a small business loan product with an average loan size of approximately RMB 75,000 (approximately $11,000) in mid 2008 for micro and small enterprises located in the Nanchong municipality. The company established its first branch and main office in the Jialing district.

“Nanchong, the second most populated municipality in Sichuan, has a population of 7.3 million. There are more than 108,000 registered micro and small enterprises in Nanchong.”

The bulletin described ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½’s Micro Financial Services as coordinating “ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½’s efforts to provide financial services products to low income individuals and micro entrepreneurs worldwide and seeks opportunities to invest in and partner with microfinance institutions worldwide. Headquartered in New York City, ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ Micro Financial Services draws across the breadth of ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½, specifically American International Underwriters, American Life Insurance Company, ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ Financial Services and ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ Investments to become the single contact point for ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½’s microfinance and micro-insurance businesses. ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ currently has more than 1.2 million micro-insurance policies in force in Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa.

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