Contactar | Devex

About

Corporación Nariño Empresa y Futuro (Contactar) is a Colombian microfinance institution (MFI) that was established in 1995. It offers microcredit, savings accounts, financial education and basic dental services to its clients, the majority of which work in agricultural enterprises. As of December 2010, Contactar reported to the US-based nonprofit Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) total assets of USD 24.5 million, gross loan portfolio of USD 23 million, return on assets of 9.24 percent, return on equity of 24.7 percent and approximately 31,800 active borrowers.

MISSION

To strengthen the productivity of urban and rural micro-entrepreneurs by bridging the benefits of financial services with activities that will help to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life for their participants.

VISION

The company hopes that by 2015 their efforts in Nariño and Putumayo will serve as the national model for all micro-finance activities, particularly those affecting the rural socioeconomic base.

OBJECTIVES

To reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in Narino and Putumayo, by providing diversified financial services, that are tailored to the resources of micro business as well as tailored to the conditions of the region.
To foster growth within a collaborative team and to fortify a culture that believes in values, competence, professionalism and dedication to the population and to the objective.
To be a financially and operationally cogent entity, with a reputation for its rational structure, its sound financial policies, its technological capacity, and its skilled management of its role in society.
To effect public policies directed toward microenterprise development by allying with governmental and non-governmental organizations at all levels, and in concert with these organizations to formulate and execute sustainable human development programs

SERVICES

They meet the needs of microentrepreneurs in terms of active assets and in investments in fixed assets.

Microcredits