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.

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Partners
Records before review Groups keep records. Providers review under their own rules.
GroupsUse Collect to organize records
RecordsGroup records and request notes
ProvidersReview and decide under their own rules

Bank growth workflow

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 flow
4.8MInformal and group savers
94,000Savings groups nationwide
90.4%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.

What each side brings

What Collect Provides

  • Group creation and administration
  • Member and group ledgers
  • Credit Readiness guide and support
  • Daily loan micro-repayment
  • Diaspora group-savings infrastructure

What the Partner Bank Provides

  • Regulated savings accounts and account operations
  • KYC, KYB and AML/CFT controls
  • Credit assessment and pricing
  • Loan disbursement

The Commercial Value to Banks

Partner banks can generate value through:

  • Growth in low-cost deposits
  • New retail and MSME customers
  • Increased loan origination
  • Reduced pre-credit administration
  • Stronger customer retention
  • New diaspora banking relationships

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