INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING

 
Through our nearly 50 years of implementing financial inclusion programs in more than 70 countries, we have developed a set of tools to support the sustainable development of local financial institutions.
 

What We Do

A look at our different interventions
INSTITUTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Model Financial Institution Building (MFIB) with a social mission.
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Model Financial Institution Building (MFIB) with a social mission.
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PERFORMANCE
MONITORING

PEARLS Monitoring System is a financial performance monitoring system.
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PEARLS Monitoring System is a financial performance monitoring system.
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IT SYSTEMS

Management information systems & other IT investment for financial institutions.
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Management information systems & other IT investment for financial institutions.
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INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Model Financial Institution Building (MFIB) targets operations, management and governance, as well as product and service development. WOCCU’s program replaced the traditional credit union model with one that used savings mobilization and tailored client services to drive growth and sustainability. This institutional-strengthening model has successfully developed the capacity of multiple credit unions and financial institutions throughout the world. For instance, after working with the Polish credit union system in the late 1980s and into the 90s, they have become the model credit union system in Europe & Eurasia, with more than 1.9 million members. Similarly, WOCCU has applied the MFIB training to the credit union systems in South Korea and Kenya, which are now the largest and/or fastest growing credit union systems in their respective regions. Representatives from Polish, Kenyan and South Korean national credit union associations now also serve as WOCCU trade association board members.

MFIB Phases
1) Foundation of individual financial institutions 2) Institutional growth of financial institutions, branches, and development of new products and services 3) Expansion through a Second Tier Network linking financial institutions and branches.

PERFORMANCE MONITORING


PEARLS monitoring system 

The PEARLS Monitoring System is a financial performance monitoring system which is designed to offer management guidance for credit unions and other financial cooperative institutions. It is a set of 44 financial ratios or quantitative indicators that help to standardize terminology between institutions, which is used to analyze the financial health of any financial institution. Since its creation in the 1980s, we have used it with credit unions in 30-plus countries across the globe.

What Does PEARLS Stand For?
Protection
Effective Financial Structure
Asset Quality
Rates of Return and Costs
Liquidity
Signs of Growth
Haiti HIFIVE program

Haiti HIFIVE program

Haitian Financial Institutions

Haitian Financial Institutions

and the Path to Mobile Banking Solutions

Strategies in Haiti

Strategies in Haiti

The Case for Bank-Led Mobile Adoption Strategies in Haiti

Haiti Mobile Money

Haiti Mobile Money

and Merchant Survey Results

 

IT SYSTEMS

Management information systems & other IT investment for financial institutions.

WOCCU works with financial institutions to implement management information systems (MIS), which help financial institutions improve internal efficiencies and business processes, which in turn make it more convenient and cost-effective for their customers. We collaborate with financial institutions to customize the software, ensuring that it will meet their consumers’ needs.

Most recently, in Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala, WOCCU translated, customized and installed MIS software at all credit unions, which enabled them to handle transactions and accounting electronically, facilitate reporting, reduce the human resource burden and strengthen off-site monitoring of financial performance and operations. In Haiti, our incentive grants enabled microfinance institutions, credit unions and private development finance.

WOCCU supports institutions’ technology-driven system networks which enable financial institutions to pool resources, allowing them to:

Expand points of services and provide a broader array of services.
Mitigate risks by sharing said risks.
Ensure smooth seasonal liquidity risk (deposit insurance) or increase returns by pooling liquidity.
Gain efficiency by sharing investment in infrastructure.
These activities help WOCCU’s partners to expand into client services such as bill payment, national and international shared branching, remittance distribution, ATM networks, card services and mobile money services. (see example of payment platform architectures being explored by our partner the Asian Confederation of Credit Unions)