Dutch bank to invest $50m in Bangladesh microfinance lender

FMO encourages BRAC to accelerate support of education and female empowerment

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Bangladesh, once one of the poorest countries in the world, is attracting increasing attention from foreign investors. © Reuters

QUYNH NGUYEN, DealStreetAsia

HANOI -- Dutch development bank FMO has approved a $50 million investment in Bangladesh-based microfinance lender BRAC.

BRAC has a microfinance loan portfolio of $3.2 billion and serves more than 7.4 million customers in more than 69,000 villages, according to an FMO disclosure.

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