Financiera FINCA Honduras S.A.

Gross Loan Portfolio USD, 2010: 6.3 million

Number of active borrowers 2010: 10,167

Average loan balance per borrower USD, 2010: 623.5

Deposits USD, 2010: 265,114.4

Assets USD, 2010: 7.8 million

Number of depositors 2010: 3,847

Mission:

Contribuir a mejorar el nivel de vida de las personas de escasos recursos, usualmente mujeres, involucradas en actividades productivas en las zonas urbanas y rurales del país a través de servicios financieros, asistencia técnica, capacitación y el fomento del ahorro, procurando el desarrollo de ... Read more

Background and Main Challenges:

Convertirnos en la mejor institución de Microfinanzas de la región.

Address:

Colonia Rubén Darío, 3a Calle Casa 2316, del Campo Scout 1/2 cuadra hacia arriba

Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan

Honduras

Phone:

(504) 235-8191

Fax:

(504) 239-7923

Email:

finca [at] fincahonduras [dot] com [dot] hn

Website:

www.FINCA.org

Main Funding Sources:

Grants

Loans

Shareholder Capital

Products and Services:

Loans

Voluntary Savings

Insurance

Training and Consulting

Products:

Préstamos en bancos comunales, grupos solidarios e individuales.

Services Provided:

Full-scale Financial Services

Looking for (Investment Types):

Loans in Local Currency

% Operations Comprised by MF:

91 - 100

Date established:

Jan 1 1990

FYE:

31-Dec

Current Legal Status:

NBFI

Regulated:

yes

Social Performance Profile


+ Mission specifics
+ Target markets (ranked by importance)
Women	1
Clients living in urban areas	2
Clients living in rural areas	3
+ Development goals (ranked by importance)
Poverty reduction	1
Employment generation	2
Growth of existing businesses	3
Increased access to financial services	4
+ 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
Voluntary savings accounts
Compulsory savings accounts (cash collateral)
Fixed term deposits
+ Compulsory insurance products required
Compulsory credit life insurance
+ Voluntary insurance products offered
Voluntary health insurance
+ 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.
Productivity targets and incentive systems value portfolio quality at least as highly as other factors, such as disbursement or customer growth. Growth is rewarded only if portfolio quality is high.
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.
A mechanism to handle customer complaints is in place, has dedicated staff resources, and is actively used. (Suggestion boxes alone are generally not considered adequate.)
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
+ Social responsibility to staff
+ Human resources
Transparency on salary (a clear salary scale based upon market salaries)
Benefits (medical insurance, pension contribution)
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
This institution identifies enterprises with environmental risk
+ Poverty measurement tools in use
Own proxy poverty index

Partnerships

Current
Name	Relationship
FINCA International	Network Affiliation
MFSI	Vendor
Microfinanza Rating	Rating
REDCAMIF	Network Affiliation
REDMICROH	Network Affiliation

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