hiveonline is revolutionising VSLA microfinance and community wealth

Our small business platform dramatically reduces the effort and cost of administering lending, cutting overhead and default risk associated with micro-loans and making micro-insurance and savings easier.

Our unique reputation technology builds a history for everyone in the ecosystem. This means total trust for everyone involved. Borrowers are scored on a history of repayments and defaults, and MFIs are monitored on their performance and treatment of customers.

Fully traceable transactions let you see cash flow to the ultimate beneficiary, giving you full confidence whether you are a community lender, an aid relief programme tracking distribution of finances, or an investment fund.

hiveonline unlocks access to affordable personal finance, insurance and savings to the masses of micro-businesses in the informal economy, while helping them build a reputation to access formal land and business rights.

hiveonline is working with CARE in Niger to bring access to financial services to unbanked communities. CARE created the VSLA (Village Savings and Loans Association) in Niger in 1991, which now has 800,000 members in Niger and 10 million worldwide.  hiveonline’s VSLA software is helping them grow their businesses.

VSLA groups of 10-20 members, mostly women, contribute a small amount to a savings pot every week. That fund is used to lend to members and as a social fund for emergencies. The amounts saved are small, so not large enough to boost the women’s businesses. 

Microfinance Institutions struggle to lend to these women because of logistical challenges.  The women manufacture goods to sell on local markets, and would like wider market access. Read about Fa’izah’s story here