Angkor
Mikroheranhvatho Kampuchea (AMK)
Established from a savings and
credit component of a Concern
Worldwide community development project started
in 1993, AMK has grown to become one
of Cambodia's largest MFIs in with over 250,000 clients served by
over 70 branches in around 8,000 villages in all of Cambodia's
provinces. AMK is also the most pro-poor
of Cambodia's large MFIs with an
average loan size of $124, and
a very high proportion of group
lending to women. In 2009
AMK's pro-poor focus was recognised
by with Received Gold Award on
Transparency Report on Social Performance from
the Microfinance Information eXchange (MIX).
The
National Bank of Vanuatu
Established in August 1991, National Bank of Vanuatu
(NBV), provides a range of quality banking products and
services to businesses, government agencies
and individuals throughout Vanuatu.
Customers include small businesses in
rural areas, larger businesses
domiciled in Vanuatu, and
international customers who require offshore banking
services. With a network of 21 branches on 15 islands,
NBV is the only bank that provides services outside the main
population centres of Port Vila and Luganville.
Indonesia Umbrella Agreement
In 1895, Priyayi Bank in the Purwokerto district of the Dutch East
Indies became the first outpost of Friedrich Wilhelm
Raiffeisen's credit union cooperative
movement, and the predecessor of
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), the world's
largest microfinance institution. With around 50,000
MFIs serving more than 40 million people, Indonesia has
the oldest and largest microfinance market in the world.
However nearly half of the population still lives
on less than US$2 a day, while
self-employment is seen as key to tackling
poverty on such a scale, an estimated 50 million people still do
not have access to banking services.
