ABN AMRO Social Impact Fund invests in Financial Access partner SCOPEinsight

We are proud to announce the exciting news that the ABN AMRO Social Impact Fund (AASIF) has invested in our partner SCOPEinsight.

This partnership shows recognition of and support for our vision on how to address the agricultural finance gap in emerging markets. The financial support of the AASIF provides a stable and secure future for SCOPEinsight and offers great opportunities for growth. It enables us to concentrate on the execution of our vision with selected partners in the years to come.

Lucas Simons, founder and CEO of SCOPEinsight: “Devoting attention to the professionalism and development of producer organizations in agriculture is a logical addition to the focus on sustainability of recent years.”

Please find the PDF version of the press release here.

ARGOS Finance -- Solutions-provider for developing markets Financial Services -- Launched by Financial Access and Stachanov

ARGOS FINANCE -- SOLUTION-PROVIDER FOR DEVELOPING MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES -- LAUNCHED BY FINANCIAL ACCESS AND STACHANOV

AMSTERDAM, 19 February 2014 – Two Amsterdam-based specialist firms, Financial Access Capital Partners B.V. (“Financial Access”) and Stachanov Solutions B.V. (“Stachanov”) have launched a joint venture called Argos Finance. Argos Finance provides innovative and effective workflow management as well as credit assessment and scoring solutions for financial institutions. The activities of Argos Finance target banks and microfinance institutions in emerging markets and developing economies.  Pilot implementations are already underway in East Africa and Latin America. Earlier versions of the new Argos Finance platform are already in large-scale use by reputed organisations in the Netherlands and Belgium. Argos Finance will be based in Amsterdam, but will operate through the Financial Access’s office network in Europe, Africa and Asia. See www.argos-finance.com for additional details.

Financial Access is a financial services advisory firm primarily active in emerging markets. The company was taken private from ING Bank via a management buy-out in 2007 and has executed more than 250 mandates in over 40 countries, each enhancing the operational, commercial and financial performance of the financial institutions it serves. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Financial Access has offices in Bangkok (Thailand) and Nairobi (Kenya).

Stachanov is an IT development and services company, also based in Amsterdam. Stachanov is committed to assisting its clients as they navigate the rapidly evolving field of IT applications and financial modelling. It develops financial simulation services, risk modelling and work process solutions for a wide range of clients in the Netherlands and abroad.

For more information, please contact:

Eelko Bronkhorst, Partner FA & Director, Argos Finance

eelko.bronkhorst@argos-finance.com; +31 20 572 0760

André Koch, Director, Stachanov & Argos Finance

andre.koch@argos-finance.com; +31 20 509 1010

http://www.argos-finance.com/

http://www.financialxs.com.web04.intention.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Argos-Finance_Press-Release_19feb14.pdf