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BFC was founded in 2003. Its head office is in Zurich, Switzerland. BFC employs 50 permanent full time staff in branch offices located in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan.
BFC believes that success in microfinance is built upon sound management, professional staff, and efficient systems. When these conditions are met funding will flow, allowing both the institutions and their clients to flourish. BFC assists microfinance service providers meet the needs of their clients while managing their growth well.
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In-house BFC Jobs
Project-Based Consulting
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The primary goal of this workshop was to raise banks awareness and demonstrate practical usage and impact of key approaches for achieving commercially viable and customer oriented MSE lending operations in Moldova.
BFC has completed a feasibility study to inform its client on whether, how and with whom to partner for a planned commercial downscaling project targeting farmers and MSEs in rural Azerbaijan. SELP III focused on further improving lending efficiency, building partner banks' institutional capacity, and supporting regional expansion. BFC's Georgia Micro Finance Feasibility Study 2003 provided an in-depth analysis of past and present developments in Georgia's microfinance industry. BFC is introducing Credit Scoring as a methodology for MSE lending as a means of improving efficiency and thereby lowering operating costs BFC implemented a survey of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in four countries: Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine and Russia in accordance with international standards (ESOMAR). BFC developed a Credit Scoring methodology for the partner institutions, thus improving the efficiency of loan approval process and maintaining a high quality of the loan portfolio.
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