A Global PublicPrivate Partnership

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NEXT GENERATION MICROFINANCE BANKING THE
UNBANKED Visa International FINCA
International

• A Global Public/Private Partnership
• where Visa provides technical solutions
• to FINCAs three greatest challenges.
•  July 13, 2004

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FINCA CHAIN OF POSITIVE EFFECTS
FINCA lends to women 70 percent of the worlds
poor are women. Women contribute their earnings
toward their familys health, education, and
futures.
Children benefitThe key benefit is keeping kids
in school to create a more educated labor force.
Powerful impact on a national scale FINCA helps
extends the financial infrastructure to the
poorest communities.
Communities grow FINCA clients buy goods and
services from local suppliers, creating jobs and
injecting cash into the economy.
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FINCA TODAY
Kosovo Samara, Russia Tomsk, Russia Armenia Azerba
ijan Georgia Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Tajikistan Afgh
anistan
Moscow Hub
?
FINCA Headquarters (DC)
?
Guatemala City Hub
Mexico Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Ec
uador Haiti
?
Kampala Hub
?
Uganda Tanzania Malawi Zambia South Africa DR
Congo
FINCA International, Inc.
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SOLUTION
A strategic alliance between FINCA Visa
International where Visa provides technical
solutions to FINCAs three greatest challenges.
The initial pilot project will be funded by the
U.S. Agency for International Development (AID)
Global Development Alliance (GDA).