The overheads, and in particular the processing costs can drive the price differential between larger loans from banks and smaller loans from MFIs.
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Banks and commercial MFIs with shareholders to satisfy are under greater pressure to make profits than NGO or not-for-profit MFIs.
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However, interest rate controls are most often found at the lower end of the market where financial institutions (usually MFIs) use the information asymmetry to justify high lending rates.
In October 2006, MFI sold its loss making MFI retail business to Merchant Equity Partners for £1, while retaining Howdens.
It is perhaps best known for its use by BMW in the 2000tii/2002tii (and later, the 2002 Turbo) performance sedan from 1970-1975, the 1964-1976 Porsche 911/911S/Carrera RS/RSR/Carrera MFI, and the BMW M1 supercar from 1978-1981.
Von Rosen was familiar with the military trainer version of the MFI-9, which was robust enough to be able to carry significant loads of ordnance suspended from hard points on the wings.
MFI-17 Mushshak (Urdu: مشاق) (English: Proficient) is a licence-built fixed-gear basic trainer aircraft version of the Saab Safari, used by the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force.
The first opened on the Thornton Road Industrial Estate: the Queensway furniture store in 1980, MFI furniture in 1981, Payless DIY in 1983 and Do It All in 1986.
Both cars were brought to Trollhättan for examination and the MFI car was determined to be the most suitable for further development.
He was appointed deputy chairman of MFI Retail and non-executive chairman of Maxeda in 2005.
Early MFI village banking methods were innovated by Grameen Bank and then later developed by groups such as FINCA International founder John Hatch.