Archive for July, 2008
The 12 Point Guide: Camouflaging an NBFC to an MFI
The Rules of the Game:
1. Rename the NBFC to some ethnic-Hindi name meaning and/or Progress,Happiness,Development,Light,Opportunity…
2. VOW never to refer your operations as business BUT always as “Program/Program Outreach..”
3. Re-Write on the website/print brochures your firm’s vision, focusing only on “alleviating poverty/improving livelihoods”
4. Re-Brand existing loan products by affixing/prefixing/suffixing “micro” to them
5. Edit your reporting style. Refer to Assets as “Borrowers/Micro Loans/Program Outreach”
6. Rating – get the NBFC rated by a rating co. specializing in MFI ratings, just for the heck of it !
7. Partner with some renowned technical advisory firm, just for the heck of it !
8. Obtain a Membership of some industry association of Microfinance, just for the heck of it !
9. Attend ALL industry events – seminars, conferences etc
10. Appoint a sector specialist debt advisor to help you raise debt from commercial banks, he will try to position you well.
11. Approach VC firms for possible equity dilution (they’ll prefer you over “not for profit” firms, anyway !)
12. Send periodic emails to the entire sector regarding the above, periodically, refer to them as milestones !
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RBI puts a temporary halt on Mobile Payment Services
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SBI ( Read: 10,000+ branches / 8400+ ATM’s) to hire 3000 loan officers
PS: This is a potential alternative career opportunity for MFI loan officers, which are aplenty ( with maybe some/most of them possibly poorly paid and have no access to statutory benefits like Provident Fund, Insurance etc ?? ).
