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Credit Suisse

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Organisation general information
Organisation name: 
Credit Suisse AG
Founding year: 
1856
Country: 
Switzerland
Total number of staff: 
48 400
Resources dedicated to microfinance: 
4
Percentage of microfinance activities: 
Between 0 and 20%
Type of organisation: 
For profit
 
Financial institution, Bank
Organisation's contact person
Contact person: 
Ms. Laura Hemrika
Address: 
Paradeplatz 8
CH-8070
Zurich
Switzerland
Phone: 
+41 (44) 229 4312
Organisation summary
Mission: 

To provide leadership and develop innovative solutions to link the top with the base of the income pyramid and promote financial inclusion. Key objectives are to provide:

  1. Sustainable capital to the microfinance industry
  2. Capacity building on the field
Type of intervention: 
  • Equity
  • Loans
  • Subsidies / donations in money
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. technical assistance/capacity building, evaluation)
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. research / information dissemination)
  • Subsidies in staff time (e.g. networking/ donor / coordination)
Countries of intervention: 
Programmes open to all regions.
Areas of intervention: 
  • Macro level: Client protection, Supporting networks and associations, Capacity building (focused on all MFIs)
  • Intermediate level: Rural finance, Value chain development, Microfinance investment vehicules, Business development services, Social impact/performance, Urban finance, Gender, Youth, Health, HIV/AIDS
  • Micro level: Capital/equity investments, Financial product development and innovation, Delivery models (group, indiv.), Performance (financial and social), MFI operations (e.g. general management, governance, finance and accounting, staff training, recruiting), Strategic planning, Marketing, Risk management, Management information systems
  • Other themes: Academic research, Impact and performances studies
Main competences: 
  • Investment vehicles for private and institutional investors to provide capital to MFIs to reach out to many more micro-entrepreneurs to refinance their portfolios and extend their services
  • Dedicated research coverage for microfinance sector development and beyond
  • Structuring and provision of custody and administration services for microfinance funds
  • Provision of expert advice and access to global capital markets to MFIs
  • Provision of grants, expertise and volunteers to MFIs to enhance institutional capacity and foster innovation
Please indicate any innovations in your microfinance program planned for the coming year: 

OTHER BOP AND IMPACT INVESTING TOPICS LINKED TO AND ALSO BEYOND PURE MICROFINANCE (EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING ETC.)