Context: Scaling Innovations in Mobile Money (SIMM) is a 2-year USAID project to scale the uptake of mobile money adoption and usage in the Philippines.

Objective: Reduce operating costs of MFIs in loan disbursement and collections of loan amortization, microinsurance premiums, savings; Increase loan officers productivity, expand outreach, offer new products or services.

Deliverable: Draft MFS business model, Pilot implementation and finalize MFS business model.

Context: MFIC wanted to expand its money transfer business by leveraging the support of distribution partners, agent networks, and ultimately improve access to finance for migrants and their families.

Objective: identify and establish business development opportunities for a remittance processing platform.

Deliverable: a study of the regulatory and licensing framework of payment institutions in Europe; proposals for projects with MFIs in Africa; relationships established with banks and money transfer agents in several European countries.

Context: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) want to access the impact of climate change on Microfinance environment.

Objective: Analysis of threats and opportunities of climate change for the Microfinance sector in Latin America.

Deliverables: Review and research on existing literature. Visit microfinance institutions (MFI) and other actors of the microfinance sector in Peru and Guatemala. Propose recommendations to MFI and Inter-American Bank for Development (IDB). Publish and present key findings at the 2011 FOROMIC (Forum on Microfinance)

Context: AFD and the Microfinance Association of Madagascar wanted to analyze the constraints to the development of mobile financial services for clients in rural areas.

Objective: assess the regulatory, technical and economic feasibility for the MFIs to offer mobile banking services, which could contribute to the improvement and supply of financial services for clients in rural areas.

Deliverables: strategic report identifying how MFIs could be involved in different mobile banking business models; workshops organized with over 100 stakeholders from MFIs, the central bank, commercial banks, mobile operators, third-party operators and donors to validate business models and suggested assistance from French Financial Cooperation and other development partners (TA and Financing).