Kiu The Bookkeeper
Bangladesh
This mobile app acts as a bookkeeping solutions and Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) Platform. It digitalizes fish farmer and retailer's access to finance and loan disbursement. Based on the transaction data by fish farmers and retailers, a credit rating profile is generated through which credit eligibility is established and fish farmers / retailers can apply for loans to Financial Institutions that have partnered with KIU through the platform. This app-based system frees farmers and retailers from extensive paperwork requirementsas well as lengthy and complicated process and charges relating to the formal banking channel.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Finance
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm management services
Financial services and credit
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
NGO
International organization
Name of supplier/developer
KIU Global Initiative (a global initiative providing it's platform services to technology companies to develop solutions)
Primary Users
Farmers , Banks / financial institutions
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Few locations in Bangladesh
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes