Frontier Finance International has two main practice areas:
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Access to Finance, in particular product design and capacity building in new and existing financial institutions in order to create commercially viable operations that increase the access of very small, small and medium enterprises to credit and requisite financial services at meaningful scale; and
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Green Finance including new product development and design and implementation of capacity building programs. The goal is to help create new markets for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), clean water, sustainable agriculture, and other environmentally relevant business. We are also active in greening banking premises and occupant behavior.
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Capacity Building for Small Business Finance
In order to increase access to finance, particularly by businesses, FFI provides an array of services, including the following:
- Institution and capacity building of greenfield banks and existing institutions
- Design and implementation of customer-oriented banking products and services, including credit products, savings instruments, money transfer, agricultural loans, etc.
- Loan portfolio development, quality control, monitoring, management information systems ('MIS')
- Human resources development and training
We also undertake short term consulting projects that include financial sector assessments, studies on new products and training in specific areas. To learn more click here.
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Capacity Building for Green Finance
We are developing methodological approaches and creating capacity for scaled-up financing for green technologies. We focus on creating permanent capacity rather than delivering one-off credit lines.
Our bank partners finance loans and leases ranging from very small amounts to larger amounts for:
- Businesses and households that acquire Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy and other green technologies, and
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Businesses that manufacture, market, distribute, sell, install, and/or service Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy and other green technologies
Solar water and space heating, high performance windows, heat recovery systems, photovoltaics, biomass boilers, run of river hydropower, heat pumps, cogeneration and waste recycling, improved efficiency vehicles, variable speed motors, and efficient compressors are among the technologies that are being financed. Where possible, we are developing standardized approaches (e.g. for similar building types in a given climatic region), although for many SMEs more in-depth individual assessments need to be undertaken. For more on green finance click here.
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Outreach
We also promote responsible banking practices and Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy in local communities. For more on outreach click here.
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