FRONTIER
FINANCE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (FFI), was incorporated in the U.S. in 1998 and is based in
Washington DC. The firm specializes
in development finance at the small end of the market. FFI’S
directors and staff have many years of expertise working with micro,
rural and small business finance programs and retail financial institutions
in 50 countries. FFI’S team has a unique blend of experience
in the private sector and in donor organizations, in both project
implementation and advisory consulting work in financial development.
The company integrates best practices from microfinance programs
financed by several multilateral donors and bilateral development
cooperation and assistance programs. FFI was founded to apply this
experience to institution building activities that would create and
assist the sustainable provision of financial services to micro,
rural and small enterprises in transition economies and in developing
countries.
FRONTIER
FINANCE INTERNATIONAL is a joint venture
between experienced U.S. development finance professionals and
Internationale Projekt
Consult GmbH (IPC) of Frankfurt, Germany. Its initial capital was
$100,000. Its founders’ goal is that FFI will be regarded as
a pre-eminent North American project management firm dedicated to
development finance at the small end of the market. FFI’s professionals
have extensive experience in microfinance and small business lending,
agricultural and industrial credit, equity investment and financial
sector policy. Its managers have designed teaching materials and
led training courses. FFI approaches development finance from a commercial
perspective focused on institution building.
FFI operates independently as a project management firm specializing
in development finance. In addition, FFI represents IPC in North
America.
