http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1250 Comments for "SKS Smart Card Project" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1250 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Swayam Krishi Sangam <br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.sksindia.com/TechnologyAtSKS.htm" TARGET="_blank">http://www.sksindia.com/TechnologyAtSKS.htm</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> Swayam Krishi Sangam is a microfinance organization working through a community-owned grameen (village) banking program that provides poor women with loans for both income-generating activities as well as for emergencies. Through a grant from the Consultative Group, SKS has begun an initiative to introduce smart cards and hand-held computers at the village level. The Smart Card Project will revolutionize microfinance by overcoming a major problem for microfinance institutions (MFIs) - the high cost of delivering financial services to the doorstep of the poor.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1250">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1250#comment BOP Technology Activity Financial Services Activity IT Hardware Activity Microfinance Activity Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Consumer India Non-profit Activity Philanthropy Funded South Asia Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:44:44 -0400 admin 1250 at http://www.nextbillion.net