Remembrance Day
also know as Poppy Day or Armistice Day
Remember our Heroes
On Tuesday 11th November, share with us at the 11th hour of the memorial day in remembering the members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty during World War I.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday
Business Development on Tour
Spreading the Creditinfo Gospel from Iceland to London to Dublin to Dubai
Just like his buddy Paul Randall, Samuel White, Business Development Manager, Creditinfo International has been clocking up a lot of air miles too. He has recently been on tour in London, Dublin and Dubai.
Supporting a Better Understanding of Credit Risk Management in Tanzania
Creditinfo Tanzania, in cooperation with the Creditinfo Academy, recently delivered a 2 day “Introduction to Risk Management” training course in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
The interactive workshop took place at the Ledger Plaza Beach Hotel on 21st and 22nd October 2014 with attendees including senior bankers, micro finance and other professionals responsible for maintaining top quality loan portfolios, identifying risk management opportunities and designing financial solutions for clients in an evolving credit environment.
Creditinfo Malta goes Pink
Creditinfo Malta wishes to thank Ms. Vella Wallbank for her presence, and urges everyone to join in the Pink October Malta Campaign and raise awareness of the cause and to go get checked as it could save your life!
WCCRC 2014 Dubai
Networking and signing new deals
This month Reynir, Almar, Kiddi, Sammi, Seth and Tomas attended WCCRC 2014 in DubaiReynir, Sammi, Seth and Almar were “photo bombing”! One way of getting your face known!
The World Consumer Credit Reporting Conference (WCCRC) 2014 www.wccrc2014.com is a three day event where senior executives from credit bureaus around the globe as well as credit card companies, lenders and government officials attend to discuss issues that have an impact on the industry. Approximately 250 delegates from over 60 countries attend this Conference. This year was the first time in the MENA region.
Our team not only attended the conference and networked with top industry experts and influencers, but also arranged private meetings with what we hope will be potential partners. Watch this space!
4th Annual Central Asia & Caucasus Microfinance Forum
Last week, Paul Randall, Chairman of Creditinfo Georgia & Director of Business Development Creditinfo International and Alexander Gomiashvili, CEO Creditinfo Georgia, attended the 4th Annual Central Asia and Caucasas Microfinance Forum in Tblisi, Georgia.
The Forum focused on the main opportunities and challenges for investments in the region, as well as, on the main issues in responsible finance. Paul Randall chaired the Forum and also delivered a presentation to the many attendees from the industry.
Congratulations to Chris Sanders, Business Change Partners
We’d like to send our congratulations to Mr. Chris Sanders from Business Change Partners.
Chris was announced the winner of the CCR Contribution for Contribution to the Credit Industry Credit Excellence Award at the Gala Dinner last night.
Commiserations to GB Group plc who along with Creditinfo were also finalists in this category.
CCR-i will be posting all other winners and finalists for the other awards on their website soon.
We’d also like to thank CCR-i for their excellent organisation of this event and to the judges who we know put a lot of time and effort into reviewing the hundreds of lengthy applications.
Creditinfo invited by IFC to work to expand access to credit
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of Morocco, organised the 5th international symposium to train African and MENA central banks and financial regulators on financial infrastructure and risk management that will help smaller businesses gain access to finance and boost economic growth.
Creditinfo, by invitation of IFC, along with other invitees including senior personnel from Central Banks, lenders’ association, doors, MFI associations, Private Credit Bureau, banking supervisors and policy makers met towards the end of September in Rabat, Morocco. Representatives were principally from Africa and the Middle East, but also from Central Asia, particularly Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan and a few participants were from Asia, including Indonesia and Philippines. The four-day event brought together some 40 international experts and 150 attendees from 35 central banks and 50 countries.
The Senior Management Team Meeting
We’d like to thank the senior management for most of them travelling a many miles to a small town called Rodgau, just outside Frankfurt, Germany. The team got together for 2 days of training and discussions for the annual senior management meeting. Each office discussed their successes and challenges from the last 12 months and highlighted a few areas which they will be working on in the coming year.
Training covered Product Development, Sales Coaching, Value Added Products, the Company Values, Lead Generation online & offline and looking in detail at “Strongest In …..”. Reynir discussed the financials and our goals for the future. One of our primary goals is 50 countries by 2020.
Sat around the table were 30 individuals who spoke 22 different languages highlighting what a multicultural team we have. Next year, there are likely to be a lot more new faces who will join the current team.
Although the 2 days were quite intense and quite long, especially for those who had flown in that morning or those on long haul flights who flew in the night before, they managed to kick back a little when the whole team played paintball. Yes, we got to shoot at each other and at Reynir and Almar!
The Maltese show off their driving skills.
Congratulations to Charles Vella, Financial Controller at Creditinfo Malta!
