Rural Credit Cooperative 'Aetos'

Misión:

Private mutual rural cooperative association (PMRCA) Aetos is established under the Cooperative Act, according to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Delegation of EU Commission to Bulgaria in 1996 by 111 members with 621, 20 leva share ... Leer más

Antecedentes y principales retos:

The lack of legal framework regulating the cooperative in regards to deposit taking activities.

Dirección:

8500 Bogoridi str, №6

Aetos

Bulgaria

Teléfono:

+359 5 582 27 71

Correo electrónico:

vzka_aetos [at] mbox [dot] contact [dot] bg

Website:

www.creditcoops.org/

Principales fuentes de financiamiento:

Grants

Shareholder Capital

Productos y servicios:

Loans

Productos:

Loans

Servicios proporcionados:

Business Development Services

Buscar (Tipos de Inversión):

Loans in Local Currency

% Operaciones que incluyen MF:

91 - 100

Fecha en que se estableció:

Dec 2 1996

Fin de año fiscal:

31-Dec

Current Legal Status:

Credit Union / Cooperative

Regulada:

Social Performance Profile


+ Mission specifics
+ Target markets (ranked by importance)
Clients living in rural areas	1
Women	2
+ Development goals (ranked by importance)
Growth of existing businesses	1
Development of start-up enterprises	2
+ Poverty targets
No specific poverty target
+ Governance
+ Range of products and services
+ Financial products and services offered
+ Credit products offered
Microcredit loans for microenterprises
Loans for agriculture
+ Savings products offered
+ Compulsory insurance products required
Compulsory credit life insurance
+ Voluntary insurance products offered
+ Other financial products and services offered
+ Non-financial services offered
+ Enterprise services offered
+ Education services offered
+ Health services offered
+ Women's empowerment services offered
+ Products and services targeting the poor
Products and services specifically designed to target the poor:
+ Social responsibility to clients
+ Client protection principles in use
The loan approval process requires evaluation of borrower repayment capacity and loan affordability. Loan approval does not rely solely on guarantees (whether peer guarantees, co-signers or collateral) as a substitute for good capacity analysis.
Internal audits check household debt exposure, lending practices that violate procedures including unauthorized re-financing, multiple borrowers or co-signers per household, and other practices that could increase indebtedness.
Prices, terms and conditions of all financial products are fully disclosed to the customer prior to sale, including interest charges, insurance premiums, minimum balances, all fees, penalties, linked products, third party fees, and whether these can change over time.
Staff is trained to communicate effectively with all customers, ensuring that they understand the product, the terms of the contract, their rights and obligations. Communications techniques address literacy limitations (e.g. reading contracts out loud, materials in local languages).
Acceptable and unacceptable debt collection practices are clearly spelled out in a code of ethics, book of staff rules or debt collection manual.
The organization's corporate culture values and rewards high standards of ethical behavior and customer service.
Customers know how their information will be used. Staff explains how data will be used and seeks permission for use.
+ Cost of services to clients
Declining balance interest method
+ Social responsibility to staff
+ Human resources
Transparency on salary (a clear salary scale based upon market salaries)
Protection at work (safety, anti-harassment)
Equality (anti-discrimination, equal pay for men and women with equivalent skill levels)
+ Basis of staff incentives related to social performance
Portfolio quality
+ Social responsibility to the environment
+ Poverty measurement tools in use

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