“With the help of the Sakchyam team, we developed a Weather Index insurance product whereby now 7,500 farmers are insured. We are targeting farmers by helping them mitigate their risks ” - Testimonial from Mr. Dip Prakash Panday, President, NIA #SakchyamJourney#AccessToFinance
Through 81 diverse #partnerships, #Sakchyam was able to service more than 2.5 million Nepalis w #FinancialAccess & livelihoods; 50% of those reached were women. Over 108,000 of them #MSMEs. #HappeningNow: a celebration of inclusion & innovations. JOIN IN: https://t.co/jOmGggwL2N
Our 7th & final anniversary! Join Nepal's diverse financial sector leaders at 3:30 p.m. TODAY <https://t.co/Srb6W5G3JE> for a reflection on: how we jointly supported #FinancialInclusion & #MSME growth—using market-based innovations & reforms. #Sakchyam#AccessToFinance
How can development partners best support & strengthen Nepal’s inclusive economic development agenda? Join us today @ 3:30 pm to hear about & learn from @UKinNepal Sakchyam's ground-breaking experiences. Zoom link: https://t.co/Srb6W5G3JE
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On Thursday, August 12, at 3:30 pm we’re commemorating & reflecting on Sakchyam's successful completion. Joining us will be leaders from Nepal’s public, private & development sectors. We’d be thrilled & honoured to share our journey with you as well.
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50k+ transactions are made every month amounting to billions of rupees through #RTGS system or Real-Time Gross Settlement System in Nepal.
@Nepalrastrabank introduced #RTGS for modernization of payment in partnership with @UKaid funded @SakchyamAFP@UKinNepal#RTGSsystem
People now have convenient access to government to people #G2P payments & other financial services through 169 branches & 292 #branchlessbanking touchpoints, thanks to @UKaid@mofnepal@NRB Sakchyam support in ensuring financial services to ppl in far flung areas. #access2finance
4 partner MFIs of @sakchyamafp received Smart Certification for the adoption of CPPs in management system, policies & processes. CPPs are globally accepted standards of services clients should expect from financial institutions.
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“We are proud to support MFI partners in the Smart Certification process. Their #clientcentric approach will now gain further momentum. Following internationally accepted CPPs, we hope they will set standards for the Nepali #MFI industry,”
Nirmal Dahal, Team Lead, @SakchyamAFP
.@SakchyamAFP supported @NCHLOfficial in the expansion of #connectIPS corporate module, the roll-out of National Payment Interface. This led to interoperability between #BFIs, #PSPs, #PSOs, brought non-traditional org. to digital platform & facilitated #P2P, #G2P & #P2G payments.
Chhimek also launched its new mobile literacy platform where a bus equipped with a projector will function as #financialliteracy classroom. The new initiative introduced under @SakchyamAFP partnership will start from Sudurpashchim Province
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Clients of @ChhimekBank can now deposit loan instalments/savings through @eSewaNepal app/agents; this ensures regular fin. services despite #COVID19 restrictions. Gov. @AdhikariMaha launched the service developed with @SakchyamAFP support. Clients also get #QRCode customer IDs.
With support from @SakchyamAFP, 3 MFIs - Mahila Sahayatra, Jalpa Samudayik and Nerude - have been implementing EDS in Nepal; more than 20,000 beneficiaries have availed training & other services.
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Enterprise Development Service (EDS) is a sustainable model of bundling credit with #skilltraining & other services - #marketlinkage - to support MFI clients start/expand their enterprises. Usha, an EDS beneficiary of Jalpa, has attended two training programmes on goat farming.
On behalf of @SakchyamAFP, Team Leader Nirmal Dahal signed the certificates while from #NRB, Bhuban Kadel, ED, PSD signed the certificate for #RTGS system and Shiv Ram Dawadi, Director, IT signed the certificate for the Modular Data Centre.
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On Jan 15, the handover ceremony of the RTGS system by @SakchyamAFP to @RastraBank was held in the presence of Gov. @AdhikariMaha . Dep. Gov Chinta Mani Siwakoti and Rob Clark, Pvt Sector Dev. Advisor, British Embassy, Kathmandu also attended the event held at NRB.
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