“Mitra Bisnis Keluarga” (MBK) stands for “Family Business Partners”. MBK is a non-bank financial company (NBFC), regulated by the Ministry of Finance and with a venture capital license issued in November 2006. Using the classic Grameen Bank methodology, MBK provides working capital to low-income households in Indonesia in order to raise their family incomes and living standards.

MBK took over the microfinance activities of Ganesha Microfinance Foundation, which operated from 2003 to 2006. During this period Ganesha reached a total of just under 30,000 clients through a network of 15 branches in two rural districts close to Jakarta (Kabupaten Tangerang and Kabupaten Bogor). MBK has been a proud partner of Unitus since December 2006


Repayment Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Start Date On Kiva Feb 14, 2007 Oct 12, 2005
Total Loans $74,925 $1,959,851,975
Amount of raised Inactive loans $0 $372,750
Number of raised Inactive loans 0 341
Amount of Paying Back Loans $0 $157,781,285
Number of Paying Back Loans 0 181,865
Amount of Ended Loans $74,925 $1,771,710,075
Number of Ended Loans 795 2,378,176
Delinquency Rate 0.00% 11.74%
Amount in Arrears $0 $11,302,177
Outstanding Portfolio $0 $96,293,849
Number of Loans Delinquent 0 50,859
Default Rate 0.00% 1.83%
Amount of Ended Loans Defaulted $0 $32,353,831
Number of Ended Loans Defaulted 0 84,926
Currency Exchange Loss Rate 0.00% 0.49%
Amount of Currency Exchange Loss $0 $12,017,791
Refund Rate 0.03% 0.54%
Amount of Refunded Loans $25 $10,526,300
Number of Refunded Loans 1 9,596

Loan Characteristics On Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Loans to Women Borrowers 100.00% 78.24%
Average Loan Size $94 $392
Average Individual Loan Size $94 $589
Average Group Loan Size $0 $1,892
Average number of borrowers per group 0 8.3
Average GDP per capita (PPP) in local country $5,200 $5,599
Average Loan Size / GDP per capita (PPP) 1.81% 7.00%
Average Time to Fund a Loan 0.06 days 8.93 days
Average Dollars Raised Per Day Per Loan $1,507.12 $43.85
  Average Loan Term 12.2 months 11.47 months

Journaling Performance on Kiva

    This Lending Partner All Kiva Partners
  Total Journals 1 1,178,858
  Journaling Rate 0.13% 42.23%
  Average Number of Comments Per Journal 0.00 0.02
  Average Number of Recommendations Per Journal 4.00 0.57

Borrowing Cost Comparison (based on 2009 data)

    This Lending Partner Median for MFI's in Country All Kiva Partners
  Average Cost to Borrower N/A 40.00% PY 27.02% PY
  Profitability (return on assets) N/A 1.8% -3.10%
  Average Loan Size (% of per capita income) N/A 23.00% 0.00%

Country Fast Facts

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