The banking opportunity in Rwanda's informal economy.
These customers already earn, save, and borrow - just outside the formal system. Collect turns that existing discipline into deposits, data, and bankable credit relationships.
Convert existing savings discipline into formal deposits, reliable data and bankable credit relationships.
01
Mobilise deposits
Bring daily and group savings into clearer bank-linked records.
02
Build data
Turn organised group records into repayment and credit-readiness signals.
03
Prepare credit
Package MSME and group-backed files for formal bank review.
04
Grow relationships
Support deposits, lending and diaspora banking under bank approval.
A large savings and credit market already exists, mostly outside formal banking.
RWF 288B+Annual ibimina savings flow4.8MInformal and group savers94,000Savings groups nationwide90.4%Employment operating informally
Growth Engines for Banks
Low-cost deposit mobilisation
Reach millions of informal savers through existing ibimina, cooperatives and community networks.
Daily and periodic microsavings
Daily-income lending and repayment
Collect helps banks design loans around how customers actually earn rather than forcing daily earners into a monthly salary model.
Daily or periodic micro-repayments
Earlier visibility of repayment stress
Group-backed and diaspora lending
Verified group savings can provide an additional risk-control layer for eligible lending.
Bank-held savings collateral
Credit-life or income-protection cover
Stronger MSME credit origination
Collect's Credit Readiness-as-a-Service prepares applicants before formal bank review, helping credit teams receive more complete, structured and decision-ready MSME files.