Why you should digitize your Ajo lending business
Savings and investment have been an integral part of our local community from pre-colonial times. This largely due to the communal nature of the African community – we naturally tend to look out for each other, even where finances are concerned. The advent of formal and structured financing avenues have not completely substituted the thrift […]
Lendsqr and Mono partner to power the next generation of lenders
Most Nigerians don’t have a credit history which affects lenders’ ability to assess loan applications and hence, limits borrowers’ access to credit. However, Lendsqr has partnered with Mono to provide lenders with customers’ bank statement data which assists them in making better informed decisions about borrowers’ capacity to repay their loans. Access to credit is […]
Customer count or profitability: which is more important for a lender?
Running a lending business, as is the case with running any other business, requires business owners to make some tough decisions. Most lenders, especially those new to the lending business, are typically faced with the high-consequence question: “What should I primarily focus on -growing my customer count or growing profitably?” The former is concerned with […]









