TY  - GEN
AU  - Wenner, Mark D.
AU  - Campos, Sergio
TI  - Lessons in Microfinance Downscaling: The Case of Banco de la Empresa, S.A.
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/08/10
DO  - 10.18235/0008846
AB  - Few commercial banks have engaged in profitable microfinance lending despite repeated attempts by donor agencies to entice their entry. The case of Banco de la Empresa, a Latin American private bank, illustrates how penetration of the microenterprise market segment could evolve. This paper reviews the bank's experience with microfinance, what its motivations were for starting such a program, what adjustments it made in operating procedures and what risks the program faced.  The study is based on a real experience of the Inter-American Development Bank but in order to preserve the confidentiality of the institution studied, names, dates and other non-critical data were changed.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0008846
ER  -