Forbes - 27 April 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how to celebrate wins in a nonprofit organization.

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Forbes - 13 April 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how nonprofit organizations can leverage newsletters to support their mission’s growth.

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Forbes - 6 April 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert offers advice for leaders to keep up with the latest nonprofit industry trends.

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Forbes - 2 April 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares qualities that every nonprofit leader must cultivate and exhibit in today’s world.

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Forbes - 30 March 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert provides useful tips for nonprofit email marketing campaigns, with a focus on simple actions.

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Forbes - 23 March 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert dispels some myths about nonprofit work, with a focus on how nonprofits can diversify revenue streams.

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Forbes - 16 March 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how nonprofit managers can successfully work with their board of directors to achieve mutual goals.

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Forbes - 10 March 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares advice for addressing common challenges faced by global nonprofit organizations.

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Triple Pundit – 10 March 2020

In an op-ed for Triple Pundit, Rupert offers three solutions for how to achieve Sustainable Development Goal #1, No Poverty, by 2030.

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Forbes - 26 Feb 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert offers proven strategies for dealing with and overcoming frustration with slow organizational progress when it arises.

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Forbes - 18 Feb 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert offers advice on pitfalls to avoid when establishing internal process efficiency.

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Forbes - 27 January 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert offers guidance on how nonprofits can leverage technology to foster connections and accelerate missions.

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Forbes - 21 January 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how leaders can plan and lead nonprofit retreats so employees can fee rejuvenated and inspired.

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Forbes - 13 January 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how a nonprofit organization can adapt to new challenges to remain relevant and competitive.

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Forbes - 7 January 2020

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how an organization can generate excitement around its new initiatives and get the team on board.

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Forbes - 27 November 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares ways a nonprofit can align strategies with talent.

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Forbes - 25 November 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert predicts that media-driven issues will likely drive giving to nonprofits in 2020.

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Forbes - 22 November 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert offers strategies for nonprofits to make the most of their Giving Tuesday campaigns.

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Forbes - 8 November 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how nonprofit leaders can adequately address the reported shortage in labor.

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Forbes - 4 November 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert offers advice on how nonprofits can establish trust to build better relationships with current donors.

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Forbes - 1 Nov 2019

In an article for Forbes, Rupert shares how social enterprises offer a powerful guide for businesses to address movements of social change.

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Spore Magazine - 30 October 2019

In an op-ed for Spore Magazine, Rupert argues that digital solutions alone are insufficient to catalyze women's agribusiness.

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Forbes - 29 October 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares his suggested must-read book for nonprofit employees to impart knowledge in the field.

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Forbes – 15 October 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares practical tips for reaching and engaging blog audiences most effectively.

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Forbes - 22 August 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares tips on how to navigate corporate partnerships in the nonprofit sector.

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Forbes - 15 August 2019

Rupert shares useful advice to consider when entering the nonprofit sector, focusing on pragmatism and innovation.

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Forbes - 9 August 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert shares how to communicate the use of funds with your donors.

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Forbes - 26 July 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert offers practical advice on how to start a nonprofit, with a focus on understanding beneficiary needs.

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Forbes - 11 July 2019

Rupert shares how ambassador partnerships can help elevate the profile of a nonprofit's mission.

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Forbes - 21 June 2019

Rupert shares how nonprofit leaders can help employees manage time by focusing on programs that deliver the mission.

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Forbes - 14 June 2019

Rupert shares how nonprofit leaders can implement growth mindsets across their organizations.

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Forbes - 7 June 2019

Rupert shares how nonprofits can stay positive and maintain stakeholder confidence despite fundraising setbacks.

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Forbes - 30 April 2019

Rupert shares practical ways that leaders can stay on top of industry trends in changing business environments.

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Forbes - 24 April 2019

Rupert shares that nonprofit mission statements should begin by setting over-the-top ambitious goals.

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Forbes - 17 April 2019

Rupert shares how investments in people are critical to the success of nonprofit organizations.

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Pioneers Post - 16 April 2019

Rupert shares three tips for investment-ready entrepreneurs to find the right partners for their businesses.

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Forbes - 8 April 2019

In an expert panel for Forbes, Rupert emphasizes the importance of educating younger generations on global injustices and how market-based approaches may offer solutions.

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Forbes - 8 April 2019

In an op-ed for Forbes, Rupert shares four tips for how social entrepreneurs may successfully grow their businesses.

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Forbes - 4 April 2019

Rupert weighs in on how AI and machine learning are impacting the nonprofit landscape.

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Forbes - 29 March 2019

In the tech world and beyond, many teams operate using agile practices to increase flexibility and efficiency in decision-making. Rupert suggests one way of becoming more agile is to test innovation prior to a full-scale investment.

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Forbes - 19 February 2019

How does an organization balance the goals of investing for social impact and investing for profit? Rupert answers this question in a podcast with Inside Forbes.

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Forbes - 14 February 2019

Running a nonprofit can be an extremely rewarding experience, although not always monetarily. Rupert says some nonprofit foundations are well-suited to generate “internal income” by creating social enterprises.

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Forbes - 15 January 2019

One of the hardest parts about creating and then maintaining a nonprofit organization is sourcing money to sustain growth. Rupert suggests nonprofits should consider treating their beneficiaries like customers.

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Euromoney - 21 November 2018

A new generation of digital products has slashed the cost of remittances and helped the unbanked meet short-term household or business liquidity needs, but there has been a downside.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation - 12 November 2018

Rupert argues we need to temper the expectation of massive monetary returns in impact investing, when in fact the primary goal is to do good.

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The European - 12 October 2018

Microfinance is closely associated with small loans to help business owners. Rupert explains how the concept was revolutionary when he first became involved in micro-credit.

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Forbes - 5 September 2018

A growing number of social enterprises are leveraging the power of the private sector to reduce poverty in emerging markets. However, much of this investment capital is still not reaching the social ventures blazing new trails toward poverty alleviation. It's even less true for women-led enterprises.

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Philanthropy Impact - 19 July 2018

Financial inclusion was improved vastly during the microfinance revolution, yet it has evolved beyond fielding thousands of credit officers who journey to the most remote villages to serve their clients, to an increasingly digital solution.

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Forbes - 6 July 2018

As the knowledge economy grows, suffering and poverty still exist. We must ask ourselves one question: What are we missing? Is it the idea or the execution?

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Forbes - 14 May 2018

To create lasting change, Rupert has always held to the conviction that investment and financial prosperity must come from the bottom-up, not the top-down.

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Raconteur - 8 May 2018

Pairing access to finance with access to energy can help more than a billion people raise their standard of living, banish poverty to the past and no longer be counted among the unbanked.

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Raconteur -22 March 2018

Giving money away intelligently is hard. Rupert Scofield, President, CEO & co-founder FINCA International explains why the act of philanthropy is still crucial in the early stage development of any sustainable project

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Comment Central - 10 March 2018

With America and Europe divided, we can ill-afford to take policy decisions rooted in emotion and xenophobia. We need practical solutions to fight terrorism, argues Rupert Scofield.

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Thrive Global - 6 February 2018

There has been a dramatic shift in the mindsets of millennials. Since the 2008 financial crash and the loss of faith in traditional financial institutions, fewer people than ever are entering traditional finance and more and more people are starting their own businesses, disrupting established industries, innovating and, crucially, trying to make the world a better place.

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Financial Magazine, CIMA - October 2017

Making investments with the intention of generating a financial return as well as a beneficial social impact is a rapidly growing field. However, those of us that were part of the mircrofinance revolution would argue that philanthropic impact investing is not a new concept, just a new term.

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Glint - 5 October 2017

Rupert Scofield, Co-founder of microfinancing pioneer bank FINCA, talks to Glint about his time in the Peace Corps, the dangers of populism and how technology is set to bring financial services to the developing world

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Tech World - 14 August 2017

Silicon Valley, fairly or unfairly, has become notorious for its toxic corporate culture. A growing chorus has denounced what it perceives as an ageist, sexist mentality deeply rooted in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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GT News - 8 August 2017

Corporate social responsibility and treasury haven’t traditionally crossed paths too often, but the two are now coming together – with global socially responsible assets increasing by over 25% in the period 2014 to 2016.

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Euromoney - 20 September 2016

They say the spread of mobile phones and internet access enables small loans to reach Africa’s rural poor more efficiently than ever before. But while international microfinancier Finca is aware of these opportunities, it knows from painful experience in Uganda that new technology opens up new vulnerabilities too.

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Banking Technology - 1 August 2016

Rupert Scofield, president and CEO of microfinance organisation Finca International, discusses how it brings banking to the developing world and why people should follow America’s lead in the art of philanthropy.

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CNBC - 21 July 2016

FINCA's Rupert Scofield explains how the micro-financer uses Fintech to enable more accessible financial service transactions in DR Congo.

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Business Fights Poverty - 11 May 2016

Rupert Scofield will be speaking at a dinner hosted by Women Advancing Microfinance UK on Tuesday 10th May in London. He will talk to us about the work FINCA does and the impact it’s having, in particular in the social enterprise and innovation space.

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City AM - 11 April 2016

When I spoke to Rupert Scofield, he’d just got in the door from Malawi. His company, FINCA International, was celebrating its thirtieth birthday two years late – and marking the launch of its bank in the country.

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The Independent - 22 August 2015

Critics say the microfinance movement has not tackled poverty. But Rupert Scofield, founder of one of its largest lenders FINCA, shows Matthew Glynn how it has changed lives

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Devex - 3 March 2015

The microfinance industry is evolving and traditional microfinance institutions are searching for new ways to remain relevant as telecommunications operators, payment companies and other new industry competitors take on the business of spreading credit to the world’s poor.

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The Guardian - 20 October 2014

New credit providers are transforming financial services, forcing traditional organisations to re-examine their business models

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The Telegraph - 13 April 2014

The founder of the 'World Bank for the Poor' tells Robert Mendick in Uganda why a new generation of wealthy Britons must give away their money

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