Essential Skills for Loan Officers

Pakistan Microfinance Network in partnership with Buildstone Consulting Group (BCG) organized a series of trainings on ‘Essential Skills for Loan Officers’ under the PMN’s Center of Excellence initiative in September 2019 at various locations. This 3-day extensive training course covered people and money management, micro-lending practices, SBP’s prudential regulations, Branchless Banking along with the Responsible Finance code of conducts, lending policies & processes, statistical evaluation process, Financial Analysis. The training was attended by 60 participants representing Microfinance Banks and Institutions.

Source: https://pmn.org.pk/news/

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