FitProper

Financial inclusion and education & microfinance

Budget tool
Specialty: Financial consumer protection Date: October 2015
Client: Cámara de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras Place: Costa Rica
Financing: ZonaBancos.com
Description: Financial planning tool that lets you keep a monthly record of income and expenses, set financial goals and contrast the results in a graphical panel. Download link: http://camaradebancos.fi.cr/herramientas-de-educacion-financiera/
Diagnosis of financial consumer protection in the banking sector
Specialty: Financial consumer protection Date: September 2011 - June 2012
Client: World Bank Place: Nicaragua
Financing: World Bank
Description: Diagnosis of financial consumer protection in the banking sector. Recommendations, workshop and action plan.
Competitive Strengthening and Financial Safety Net of the Federation of Savings and Credit in a supervised framework
Specialty: Liquidity fund. Deposit insurance Date: August 2011 - April 2012
Client: Federation of Savings and Credit (FACACH) Place: Honduras
Financing: FACACH
Description: Design, structuring, implementation and monitoring of liquidity fund and deposit insurance for the savings and credit co-operatives in Honduras. FACACH officials training.
Strengthening of banking regulation and supervision to improve access to financial services in America Project
Specialty: Supervision and regulation Date: March 2011 - June 2012
Client: Association of Supervisors of Banks of the Americas Place: Mexico
Financing: BID - Non-Reimbursable Funding RG-M1146
Description: Classification by type of supplier of products and/or selected financial services for financial inclusion and assessment of their ability to be regulated and supervised effective and transparently. Development of a minimum regulatory framework for regulation and supervision of products and services identified for implementation in the market.
Assessment and identification of relevant funding alternatives for microfinance available in the local market
Specialty: Funding Sources Date: November 2007 - December 2007
Client: FIE Gran Poder S.A. Place: Argentina
Financing: BID - Non-Reimbursable Funding TC0305019
Description: Assessment and identification of relevant funding alternatives for microfinance available in the local market. Analysis of legal, operative, and tax issues, and financial and administrative costs.
Design, Training and Implementation of Administrative and Financial Risk Management Tools
Specialty: Institutional strengthening Date: June 2007 - December 2007
Client: Federation of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (FACACH) Place: Honduras
Financing: BID - Non-Reimbursable Funding TC0206015
Description: Design, development, training and implementation of an information system to disclose, on the basis of information provided by credit unions to FACACH, indicators and other data of interest to the unions and to the general public, to be published in the Federation's web site.
Design, Training and Implementation of Administrative and Financial Risk Management Tools
Specialty: Institutional strengthening. Models and methodologies to measure and manage risks Date: April 2006 - September 2007
Client: Federation of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (FACACH) Place: Honduras
Financing: BID - Non-Reimbursable Funding TC0206015
Description: Development of financial regulations, organizational and operating manuals, process manuals (main processes: credit, savings, contributions, investment, UNIRED, cashiers, accounting system, procurement, accounting and payments, human resources, and property, plant and equipment), financial product catalogue, financial risk system, scoring system, and financial statement forecasting system. Training in 50 co-operatives and implementation in 25 co-operatives in 5 regions of the country.