Monday, July 20, 2015
MetLife Foundation to Support Financial Education in Rural China
The MetLife Foundation has announced a three-year, $1.8 million grant to Opportunity International to promote knowledge and access to financial services in rural China.
By delivering customized financial products and services through banks, mobile vans, and rural service centers, the initiative aims to expand access to financial services for forty-two hundred small businesses in rural areas of China; create or sustain more than twenty thousand jobs; and enhance the financial knowledge and skills of more than thirty-six hundred entrepreneurs through financial training and business development services The partnership also will study key financial inclusion challenges and offer insights to help improve practices and knowledge within the global development community....