• Home
  • About
    • Vision & Mission
    • Structure & Governance
  • News
  • Membership
    • Members
    • Benefits and Responsibilities
  • Events
    • Financial Inclusion Innovation Summit 2017
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
  • Contact

Microfinance Pasifika

signup
Sign up to our Newsletter

South Pacific Business Development Microfinance Network

You are here: Home / South Pacific Business Development Microfinance Network / SPBD- SPBD Samoa and SPBD Tonga Receive Smart GIRAFE Ratings from Planet Rating

SPBD- SPBD Samoa and SPBD Tonga Receive Smart GIRAFE Ratings from Planet Rating

Stephen Taylor, February 2014

SOUTH PACIFIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Planet Rating (A Global Microfinance Rating Agency) conducted Smart GIRAFE Ratings for SPBD Samoa and SPBD Tonga. This is the first time SPBD has been rated by an International Rating agency.

The ‘Planet Rating’ rating committee has granted SPBD Samoa the good investment grade of “B” with a “Positive” trend, and SPBD Tonga “B+” with a “Positive” trend. The asset quality for both institutions is rated “A”.

As you can see in the certificates attached, the Smart GIRAFE ratings of SPBD Samoa and SPBD Tonga rank in the first quartile when compared to all MFIs rated by Planet Rating since 2008. This is deemed a very good performance by Planet Rating.

The rating reports is available through the Planet Rating website.

planetRating-SamoaplanetRating-Tonga

« SPBD- Cyclone Ian – Relief and Reconstruction in Ha’apai
Fiji Council of Social Services Microfinance Unit Forging Ahead »
Man harvestingFarmersFish MarketsFlower marketsFruit MarketsRoadside Market
Search
Organisation
Year

Microfinance Pasifika Network members

Copyright © 2023 All rights reserved · Privacy policy · Terms of use · Site map