Micra

Training & Technical Assistance

Microfinance is good business. Worldwide and in the Philippines, demand for microfinance still far outstrips supply despite the great progress made in recent years. A vast addressable market awaits microfinance providers who can design and then execute the right strategies to tap that market. But microfinance also poses unique business challenges.

MICRA Philippines is a specialized consulting firm focused exclusively on strengthening the microfinance sector in the Philippines. Our Training & Technical Assistance practice group works closely with clients of every provider type, whether traditional microfinance institutions (MFIs), downscaling commercial banks, rural banks, or other institutional types, to help them enter the microfinance market or to strengthen their operations.

MICRA Philippines Training & Technical Assistance services include:

Formal Group Trainings (Open to the Public)
  • Individual/Group Lending in MF
  • Strategic Planning
  • Credit Scoring
  • Portfolio Management:
  • Delinquency Management
  • Management of Problem Accounts
  • Financial Education on Remittance
  • Financial Risk Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Financial Analysis for MFIs and Rural Banks
  • Deposit Mobilization
  • Activity-Based Costing Process
  • MABS Approach on Microfinance Lending (four modules)
Customized Trainings (Offered to One Institution On Site)
  • Strategic Empowerment
  • Microfinance Product Costing
  • Deposit Mobilization
  • MABS Approach on Microfinance Lending (four modules)
  • Portfolio Management:
    - Delinquency Management
    - Management of Problem Accounts
Technical Assistance
  • Mentoring and Follow-on Coaching
  • Monitoring
  • Product Review
  • Manual Development
Training Materials Development
Translation of International and Best Practice Training Materials