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Advans Group

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Organisation general information

Organisation name: 

Advans Group

Founding year: 

2005

Country: 

France

Total number of staff: 

61

Resources dedicated to microfinance: 

61

Percentage of microfinance activities: 

100%

Type of organisation: 

For profit

 

Consultants and support services (such as rating, IT or law firms), Financial institution

Organisation's contact person

Contact person: 

Katherine Brown

Address: 

39 Rue La Fayette

Paris
France

Email:

kbrown@advansgroup.com

Website:

www.advansgroup.com

Phone: 

01 53 32 75 75

Organisation summary

Mission: 

Advans mission is to respond to the need for financial services of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and other populations who have ill-adapted, limited or no access to formal financial services through providing tailored financial services in a sustainable and responsible manner.

Our vision is to build a model group of financial institutions which contribute to strengthening local businesses, creating and sustaining jobs and improving clients' living standards in order to foster private sector-led economic and social development in Africa, the Middle-East and Asia.

Countries of intervention: 

Africa

• Cameroon
• Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Ghana
• Nigeria
• Tanzania, United Republic of
• Tunisia

Asia

• Cambodia
• Myanmar
• Pakistan

Areas of intervention: 

Please indicate any innovations in your microfinance program planned for the coming year: 

Over the next five years, the Advans group will be focusing on:

• Using new technologies to improve quality of service and productivity, such as: remote data capture solutions for commercial staff, testing possibility of scoring for micro-loans
• Diversifying the credit offering by further developing agri-lending, SME lending and personal lending (housing finance, education finance, emergency nano-loans)
• Further developing deposits & financial services to establish a strong retail deposit basis
• Deploying a multi-channel strategy for proximity and convenience, using ATM cards, mini cash counters, cashless points of services, field tellers, mobile banking, mobile wallets, agency banking... 
• Developing the brand and focusing on developing its client centred culture and organisation