Microfinance Ireland – Supporting Micro-Enterprises
Event Details
Free
Date and Time
Mon, 2 October 2023
12:00 - 12:45
Location
Your event Zoom link is available via IOB Learn, but will also be emailed to you before 11am on the morning of your event.
Event Details
Free
Date and Time
Mon, 2 October 2023
12:00 - 12:45
Location
Your event Zoom link is available via IOB Learn, but will also be emailed to you before 11am on the morning of your event.
Join IOB and Microfinance Ireland for an overview of the funding that is available to micro-enterprises through the Government’s Microenterprise Loan Fund Scheme. Microfinance Ireland offers an alternative source of funding for small businesses and microenterprises which have not been successful in getting funding from banks and traditional lenders. Microfinance Ireland works closely with Bank of Ireland, AIB and PTSB who send regular loan referrals. The session will cover the lending criteria and application process, as well as how applications are assessed for eligibility. Credit-related issues which might affect applications to the scheme will also be addressed. The session will conclude with a number of case studies and there will be time allocated for questions.
Registration for this event will close at midnight the night prior to the event or when it reaches capacity.
There is 0.5 CPD hours available for the following designations:
-QFA (Savings and Investments, Loans, Consumer Credit & Debt Management)
-APA (Savings and Investments, Loans, Consumer Credit & Debt Management)
-AFP
-LCI
-CIFD
Michael Crowley
Head of Credit
Mick has been Head of Credit with Microfinance Ireland since 2016. Prior to Microfinance Ireland, Mick has spent 36 years holding various positions within the Retail and Business divisions with Danske Bank in Ireland and abroad. Mick manages the full Credit and Assessor team at Microfinance Ireland which, on a daily basis, supports small businesses and microenterprises that cannot secure financial supports from the main-stream lenders.
Lorna Duffy
Head of Marketing and Channels
Lorna is Head of Marketing and Channels with Microfinance Ireland since January 2023. Previously, Lorna was responsible for the marketing of the Markets and Treasury division (Global Markets) at Bank of Ireland. Lorna works with our referral partners such as the Local Enterprise Offices, AIB, BOI and PTSB to ensure that businesses which cannot obtain funding through the main-stream lenders are aware of, and encouraged to apply to Microfinance Ireland.
