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Finca Azerbaijan increased its portfolio by 30.2% in the past year
The active credit portfolio of non-bank credit organization Ltd. "Finca Azerbaijan" increased in the 12 months of last year by $ 35.36 million or 30.2% to $ 152.57 million. In the portfolio the share of micro-credit was 99.4%.
Assets of the company increased by $ 39.25 million, or 30.8%, reaching at January 1, 2013 level of $ 166.87 million Total number of customers increased during the reporting period by 14.2% to 136,960 persons.
The share of bad loans in the total loan portfolio as compared to the end of 2011 remained at 0.19%, and this share in the micro-credit decreased by 0.04 percentage points to 0.15%.
For all the time, the company has granted loans totaling $ 231.85 million, including micro-credit - for $ 230.5 million
"Finca Azerbaijan" was established in 1998. It is part of an international network of microfinance "Finca International". The company provides loans for a period of 4 to 24 months. The loan amount varies from $ 50 - $ 50 000. Interest rate on loans varies between 36-45.6%. - 15B-
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