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From Helpless To Hopeful: How Being A Digital Mahila Changed Geeta’s Life

Sakchyam’s Digital Mahila is the first women-led campaign in the microfinance industry in Nepal, where women are equipped with tablets to electronically record payments, disburse loans and provide financial literacy.

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Ware House Receipt Financing

After completing two years of the partnership Prabhu Bank and Sakchyam jointly initiated an add-on effort to design a demand-drive product focused towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

banking beyond brick and mortar branches

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Banking Beyond Brick & Mortar Branches

Sakchyam has partnered with 14 commercial banks to establish 302 BLB points to provide financial services in remote locations of Nepal. BLB has helped Machhapuchchhre Bank expand their reach beyond their brick and mortar branches.

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Reaching Out To The Financially Unserved

Nawadurga Rural Municipality, where Sakchyam-supported branch of Prabhu Bank is located, is just 35 kilometers from Dadeldhura. For us, covering that distance involved crossing a river, driving 1.5 hours on a freshly carved dirt road and even clearing the boulders that had blocked the road. Once you reach Nawadurga, it’s evident why the branch was the need of the hour of this remote location.

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Plan Savings

Sakchyam helped Unique Nepal Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha develop a mid-term commitment saving product to encourage saving habits among clients and build its savings portfolio

more than

354K

Financial Literacy Beneficiaries

Financial Services to over

75K

MSMEs

77

Projects Implemented

45

Partners

Presence In

74

Districts

More than

1Mil

Beneficiaries Reached

More than

598K

Women Beneficiaries Reached

183

Physical Branch and Extension Counters Established

More than

305

BLBs Operational

34

Product/Process Innovations

More than

2300

Tablets in Use

Above

NPR 27 Bil

Private Capital Leveraged

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From Helpless To Hopeful: How Being A Digital Mahila Changed Geeta’s Life