BancoSol: Latin America’s First Commercial Microfinance Bank Part 1

• by Jaime Zegarra
• May 2, 2011
• 1 min

In this video Jaime Zegarra, regional manager of BancoSol at El Alto in Bolivia talks about the ways in which the bank forms part of the community and connects with its clients. BancoSol is a true microfinance pioneer. As Latin America’s first commercial microfinance bank it has been much copied but never surpassed. Jaime says […]

In this video Jaime Zegarra, regional manager of BancoSol at El Alto in Bolivia talks about the ways in which the bank forms part of the community and connects with its clients. BancoSol is a true microfinance pioneer. As Latin America’s first commercial microfinance bank it has been much copied but never surpassed. Jaime says that they began their coverage of BancoSol by focusing on its operations in El Alto, a sprawling city on the “Altiplano” above La Paz, one of the highest cities in the world.