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Unlike similar schemes in other cultures, where all the savings and borrowing among the group members are interest-free [6] and the order of the withdraw are determined by the group leader, Hui adopts a market-driven interest rate approach: In any given month, all members currently interested in taking the money pot have to submit an interest ...
The Protection Force of Êzîdxan (HPÊ) [nb 1] (Kurdish: Hêza Parastina Êzîdxanê ,هێزی پاراستنی ئێزیدخان, [4] [5] Arabic: قوة حماية ايزيدخان [6]), is a Yazidi military force founded by Haydar Shesho in the summer of 2014 in respond to the Sinjar massacre. [7]
A susu or sou-sou or osusu or asue (also known as a merry-go-round, [1] Partner, or Pawdna in Jamaica; [2] sol in Haiti;, [3] san in Dominican Republic, [4] and Njangi in Cameroon [5]) is a form of rotating savings and credit association, a type of informal savings club arrangement between a small group of people who take turns by throwing hand as the partners call it.
A rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) is a group of individuals who agree to meet for a defined period in order to save and borrow together, a form of combined peer-to-peer banking and peer-to-peer lending. Members all chip in regularly and take turns withdrawing accumulated sums.
The department sells saving certificates to the general public. The government pays interest on the saving certificate and they are considered government liabilities. Investors prefer saving certificates due to a lack of faith in Banks. The government has attempted to decrease the sales of saving certificates through raising interests. [3] [4] [5]
An individual aged 18 or over was able to open a TESSA with a bank, building society or other financial institution from 1 January 1991 [2] to 5 April 1999. A specific requirement was the presentation of the applicant's National Insurance number, to ensure only one TESSA (tax free) account investment could be operated by the individual per year.
The history of the National Savings Organisation in Pakistan dates back to the British Raj when the Government Savings Bank Act, 1873 was promulgated. [2] During the First and Second World War, the British government used the then National Savings Bureau (NSB) to raise funds to meet war-related expenses. [3]
Dedebit Credit and Savings Institution SC (DECSI) is a microfinance institution operating in Tigray Region, in northern Ethiopia. With over 460,000 customers, [ 1 ] the DECSI is one of the four largest MFIs in Africa .