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Read MFC’s latest case study “Riding The Technology Wave in European Microfinance: The Case of Qredits”.
This case study traces the origins and the digital evolution of Qredits, a Dutch microfinance foundation that is the only national program providing an alternative source of funding to new- and early-stage businesses. Qredits, from its inception, has banked on the intensive use of technology, all the while retaining the personal ‘high-touch’ character of microfinance where needed. It also applied technology to its business development services offered through e-learning, mentoring and an Academy Program. The unique vision of the Founder, combined with consistent application of technology, has led Qredits to become one of the most innovative and forward-thinking microfinance organizations in Europe.
Publisher: Microfinance Centre
Authors: Piotr Korynski (MFC), Vincent Stulen (Qredits)
Year: 2019
This is the third publication in a series of MFC’s digitalization case studies. Read the previous publications:
- Experimenting with Digital Solutions: Initial Lessons from European Microfinance reviews digital applications and experimentation in digital transformation by European microfinance institutions.
- The Tech-and-Touch Mix in Microfinance reviews how European MFIs incorporate high-tech solutions with the traditional high-touch personal approach to providing microfinance services and discusses the emergent models that MFIs are applying to combine these two approaches.
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