Key Takeaways on Transnational Financial Services and Products from Diego Rios (MFIC)

Diego Rios of the Microfinance International Corporation provides key takeaways from his presentation during After Hours Seminar #56, "Linking Remittances Beyond Consumption with Housing Microfinance." In this video, he discusses the Transnational Loan Program, which provides a “bridge” for immigrant communities living in the US back to their home countries through access to formal financial services and products, especially mortgages.

Bio: Diego Rios

Diego Rios is a Project Manager at Microfinance International Corporation (MFIC) in Washington, DC. His work focuses on developing and implementing innovative financial products and services linked to international money transfers or remittances and has included the development of MFIC’s transnational loan program in El Salvador and Bolivia. Prior to joining MFIC in 2009, Rios interned at Grameen Bank and ASA in Bangladesh and was co-founder of the Loyola Microfinance Program, a student run microlending initiative that aimed to reach low-income entrepreneurs in New Orleans. He currently serves on the Board of Financial Inclusion Forum of DC. Rios holds a degree in finance from Loyola University in New Orleans.