SV Creditline (P) Ltd.

Mission:

To work towards uplifting households out of poverty by supporting them in income-generation activities through financial intermediation.

Background and Main Challenges:

To provide financial assistance to 7 million poor households by 2014 across India,so as significantly improve their living standard.Our endeavor is to build a sustainable microfinance model that not only delivers high standards of service and value to our customers but is also rewarding to all ... Read more

Address:

10th Floor,Tower D,Global Business Park

Gurgaon

Haryana

122002

India

Phone:

91-124-4679000

Fax:

91-124-4679394

Website:

www.svcl.in

Main Funding Sources:

Loans

Shareholder Capital

Products and Services:

Loans

Insurance

Services Provided:

Full-scale Financial Services

Looking for (Investment Types):

Loans in Local Currency

% Operations Comprised by MF:

91 - 100

Date established:

Sep 4 2008

FYE:

31-Mar

Current Legal Status:

NBFI

Regulated:

yes

Social Performance Profile


+ Mission specifics
+ Target markets (ranked by importance)
Women	1
Clients living in rural areas	2
Clients living in urban areas	3
+ Development goals (ranked by importance)
Poverty reduction	1
Gender equality and women's empowerment	2
Increased access to financial services	3
Development of start-up enterprises	4
Housing	5
Employment generation	6
Growth of existing businesses	7
Water and sanitation	8
Children's schooling	9
Improvement of adult education	10
+ Poverty targets
Poor clients
Low income clients
+ Governance
Has trained members of its board on social performance management
Has a formal board committee that monitors social performance
+ Range of products and services
+ Financial products and services offered
+ Credit products offered
Microcredit loans for microenterprises
Microcredit for household needs/consumption
SME loans
+ Savings products offered
+ Compulsory insurance products required
Compulsory credit life insurance
+ Voluntary insurance products offered
Voluntary credit life insurance
Voluntary life 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
Leadership training for women
+ 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
Declining balance interest method
+ 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
Ability to attract new clients from target market
Outreach to women
Portfolio quality
+ Social responsibility to the environment
This institution raises clients' awareness about environmental impacts
+ Poverty measurement tools in use
Grameen Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI)