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Italy: microfinance practised by 6 banks out of ten
60% of Italian banks offer products and services of micro-finance
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60% of Italian banks offer products and services of micro-finance. It is the result of an analysis by the Abi (Italian Banks Association) presented at the first Italian forum on corporate social responsibility. 31.7% of the banks offer micro-finance products regarding saving whereas 35.4% offer credit and 32.9% offer payment services.
As for saving, more than 19% of the banks examined in this study have immigrants among their clients, whereas 18% have students and 12% small enterprises. As for payment services, more than 21% of banks offer services to immigrants, while, as for micro-credit, besides immigrants (18.2%), banks offer this service to families (17.4%), small enterprises (15.7%) and other categories of workers.
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