Tag: Lending

In this video series-4, Kurt Koenigsfest, CEO of BancoSol, Bolivia, talks about the challenges they faced in the beginning. He mentions liquidity was a major issue. So, to promote savings the bank chose a mix of staff from both savings and lending background. He further describes the four key success factors that are critically important […]

In this video, CEO Kurt Koenigsfest talks about the unique positioning of BancoSol, Latin America’s and the world’s first bank fully dedicated to microfinance, how it evolved and become a role model for the industry. He outlines the challenges of transformation and how BancoSol became a leader in deposit mobilisation. Kurt further highlights the role […]

In this video series-2 Marcos Corrales, manager of Financiera CREAR’s Lima regional branch (Peru) shares the company’s goal to achieve high productivity. Sharing his experience, Marcos says to achieve high productivity CREAR managers focus on various areas starting from staff selection, proper and extensive trainin, and incentive based income structure for the bank staff. He […]

In this video Richard Rosenberg, consultant to CGAP, discusses the interest rate debate in the microfinance sector and what role it played in Compartamos Bank Mexico controversy – one of the leading MFI in Latin America. He also explained the institutional arrangement of Compartamos that governed the money flow. Explaining further, Richard says the political […]

This note highlights key lessons from the experience of MicroSave’s partner Equity Bank, in designing, testing and rolling out a cash flow based individual business loan product.