The Banking Opportunity

These customers already earn, save and borrow. The opportunity is to convert their existing financial discipline into formal deposits, reliable data and bankable credit relationships.

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Records before review Groups keep records. Providers review under their own rules.
GroupsUse Collect to organize records
RecordsContribution history 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 contribution history 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.

01

Low-cost deposit mobilisation

Reach millions of informal savers through existing ibimina, cooperatives and community networks.

  • Mobile app and USSD access
  • Member and group accounts
  • Purpose-based savings
  • Automated ledger reconciliation
02

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
  • Up to 365 repayment data points per borrower annually
  • Earlier visibility of repayment stress
  • More accurate portfolio monitoring
03

Group-backed and diaspora lending

Verified group savings can provide an additional risk-control layer for eligible lending, including diaspora savings-to-credit models subject to bank policy and approval.

  • Bank-held savings collateral
  • Group accountability
  • Contribution history
  • Purpose-controlled disbursement
04

Stronger MSME credit origination

Collect Credit Readiness-as-a-Service prepares applicants before formal bank review so credit teams receive more complete, structured and decision-ready MSME files.

  • Requirement mapping
  • Business-document checklist
  • Gap closure before bank review
  • Cleaner applicant summary
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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
  • Mobile app and USSD access
  • Member and group accounts
  • Purpose-based savings
  • Automated ledger reconciliation
  • National community mobilisation
Daily-income lending and repayment

Monthly repayment structures often do not match informal-sector cash flow. 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
  • Up to 365 repayment data points per borrower annually
  • Automated split between repayment and savings
  • Reduced branch and collection-agent dependence
  • Earlier visibility of repayment stress
  • More accurate portfolio monitoring
Group-backed and diaspora lending

Verified group savings can provide an additional risk-control layer for eligible lending. For diaspora banking, group savings can remain with the regulated country partner bank, with an agreed portion pledged for loans to eligible members subject to the bank's credit policy and approval.

  • Bank-held savings collateral
  • Group accountability
  • Contribution history
  • Purpose-controlled disbursement
  • Daily repayment visibility
  • Credit-life or income-protection cover

The addressable Rwandan diaspora market is 300,000+ people across Europe, the United Kingdom, North America and other corridors. Collect's diaspora proposition is a regulated-country-bank savings and secured-credit model.

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.

  • Initial eligibility and requirement mapping
  • Business-document and financial-record checklist
  • Contribution, savings and repayment-history packaging
  • Gap closure before formal bank review
  • Cleaner applicant summary for credit teams
  • Less rework between customer, adviser and bank

What each side brings

What Collect Provides

  • USSD-enabled microsavings
  • Group creation and administration
  • Member and group ledgers
  • Transaction reconciliation
  • Statements and contribution records
  • Savings mobilisation support
  • Loan application preparation
  • Credit Readiness guide and support
  • Daily loan micro-repayment
  • Group savings collateral workflow
  • Diaspora group-savings infrastructure

What the Partner Bank Provides

  • Regulated savings accounts and account operations
  • KYC, KYB and AML/CFT controls
  • Account and product approval
  • Collateral documentation
  • Credit assessment and pricing
  • Final loan approval
  • Loan disbursement
  • Collections and recovery
  • Regulatory reporting

The Commercial Value to Banks

Partner banks can generate value through:

  • Growth in low-cost deposits
  • New retail and MSME customers
  • Increased loan origination
  • Net interest income
  • Reduced pre-credit administration
  • Lower application rework
  • Daily repayment visibility
  • Insurance-premium financing
  • Green and productive-asset finance
  • Purpose-controlled loan disbursement
  • Stronger customer retention
  • New diaspora banking relationships

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