The Vice President of the National Bank of Georgia in his November 1 notes, writes that another microfinance organization in Georgia, Microfinance Organization (MFO) Swiss-Credit has been closed. According to the decree, liquidation process of the organization has begun.
The National Bank's website reads that as of January 2019, 65 microfinance organizations were registered in the country, as of February - 63; March-April - 61; in May - 58; in June - 56 microfinance organizations were registered in the country, 55 in July; in August - 53, in September - 52; as of November 11, their number is 48.
The number of microfinance organizations has decreased by 19 this year.
According to specialists, the microfinance sector has been damaged by the highest interest rate threshold. The National Bank of Georgia states that the approaches in the financial sector are mild and they won’t soften.
Bela Gelashvili
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