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Financial Services
IESC’s Financial Services Practice assists countries in improving the breadth and quality of financial services available to local businesses and consumers, and helps strengthen the financial operations of local businesses. It operates with the premise that a country cannot have strong, sustainable economic growth without a well-functioning financial system to mobilize domestic savings, attract foreign investment, and provide capital for local businesses.
Our Financial Services Practice works in three ways: 1) Working directly with local businesses to strengthen their financial operations, 2) Enhancing the enabling environment by strengthening commercial banking systems, developing robust capital markets, and identifying and addressing regulatory hurdles that impede financial sector development, and 3) Working with U.S. enterprises to obtain financing for projects in developing countries. Our Financial Services Practice delivers services in the following areas:
IESC provides training and firm-level assistance to companies to improve financial managers' understanding of the finance function, and implements targeted interventions to identify and correct weaknesses within a company's financial operations.
IESC helps companies identify sources of finance, and provides technical assistance and training to commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions to improve their capacity to provide credit and other financial services to small businesses.
IESC provides extensive training and technical assistance to local regulatory institutions, bankers' associations, and private market participants to strengthen the local financial sector framework and create an improved environment for the delivery of financial products and services.
IESC helps businesses with strong export potential deal with the unique challenges and risks associated with financing trade transactions.
IESC provides consulting services to small- and medium-sized enterprises, academic institutions and non-profits with at least 25% US ownership seeking OPIC financing. OPIC is an independent US government agency that provides financing to US companies making investments in developing countries.
IESC has carried out over 3,600 financial sector assignments in over 130 countries around the world to date. IESC has more than 2,000 expert financial advisors able to provide short and long-term assistance to businesses and financial institutions worldwide. Additionally, IESC unparalleled resource, its Senior Oversight Committee, is comprised of some of the most distinguished financial experts in the United States.
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