{"id":42685,"date":"2016-02-04T18:21:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging21.finca.org\/uncategorized-en-ca\/how-a-network-of-banking-agents-can-build-livelihoods"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:47:43","slug":"how-a-network-of-banking-agents-can-build-livelihoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finca.org\/en-ca\/how-a-network-of-banking-agents-can-build-livelihoods","title":{"rendered":"How a Network of Banking Agents Can Build Livelihoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P-yh4tTiwMI?feature=oembed\" title=\"Achieving Financial Inclusion through Agent Banking\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"  frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Imagine having to travel three hours just to deposit money or apply for a loan. For millions of people around the world, especially in remote areas, this is a daily reality. They often risk losing money from time traveled or theft on the journey to the bank branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to have to take a bus trip, spending a lot of money on transportation, just to travel to a FINCA branch,\u201d says Anna, who sells sewing machines in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, FINCA launched agency banking in the <a href=\"https:\/\/finca.org\/locations\/africa\/dr-congo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>. The innovative method uses local merchants and shopkeepers in areas where FINCA doesn\u2019t have a presence to provide basic banking services to remote clients. The agents are equipped with POS machines, a portable device that connects to bank accounts through biometric fingerprints.<\/p>\n<p>Today, over 75 percent of all FINCA client transaction in the DRC are done through our proprietary agent network. 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