Welcome to MIX Market! Here you can find financial, operational and social performance data on more than 1400 MFIs (microfinance institutions) that operate throughout the developing world. MIX Market also provides general business information on other actors in the microfinance industry, such as funders and investors, networks and service providers.
For a high level view of the microfinance industry throughout the developing world, click here for Microfinance at a Glance.
MIX Market offers numerous ways for you to better understand the microfinance industry or learn more about a specific MFI.
What can you do on MIX Market?
• Search for an MFI
• Find information on organizations that invest in MFIs
• Look at a list of MFIs in a specific country
• Learn more about the performance of an MFI
• Find information on organizations that provide services to MFIs
How does MIX work?
We work with MFIs, networks and other organizations around the world to collect financial, operational and social performance data on the organizations that provide financial services to the world’s poor. Once we receive the data, we review it and double check it against the supporting documents we receive, such as audits and ratings reports. We reclassify the data according to international financial reporting standards, then make the information available to the public.
How can you use MIX Market?
MIX Market provides numerous opportunities for you to learn about microfinance on an industry wide level, regional, country and MFI level. You can also learn about other organizations that operate in the microfinance industry, such as investors, networks, rating organizations, and other service providers.
View information and data on an MFI
You can search for an MFI by name or by the country it operates in.
Compare MFIs
MFIs have provided us financial and performance data to allow for more transparency in the industry. This in turn leads to a stronger sector that is more integrated with the mainstream financial markets. MIX Market allows you to compare performance data of a specific MFI against others in its peer group.
Create benchmarks
Benchmarking is a way to get a view of a sector at a given time and ensures the highest level of comparability for MFI data on a global scale. Benchmarks allow you to compare an MFI’s performance to both its peer group as well as to all MFIs on MIX Market. This can help you understand better how a particular MFI is performing compared to other MFIs that are similar to it.
Create trend lines
You can also view trend lines for an MFI to see its performance over a period of time.
Run reports
After creating benchmarks and trend lines, you can view these on screen, or you can print user friendly, eye-catching reports to use in analysis and discussions.
Download Data
Many of our users like to be able to access the data that we have available on a spreadsheet that allows them to run their own queries and analysis. Our Download Data feature is great for those who want to dig into the data.
Find information on Funders
Many different types of organizations fund or invest in microfinance institutions. From NGOs (non governmental organizations) to Funds (also called MIVs – microfinance investment vehicles), to financial institutions that include IFC (International Finance Corporation) to Development Agencies such as the United Nations Capital Development Fund, you can find a list of the major organizations that help microfinance institutions grow.
Find information on Networks
Networks play a critical role in the development and sustainability of microfinance institutions by supporting the microfinance sector in specific regions and/or countries by providing technical services, training, management strengthening, best practices and other services. Networks on MIX Market are listed by region.
Find information on Service Providers
Numerous types of organizations provide important services to MFIs. Service Providers are listed by type of service and include other organizations they are associated with.
Research and analysis
MIX also provides analysis and research based on the data we collect. You can view our latest releases on the home page or you can visit www.themix.org and click on Research and Analysis.