Hi all, Nikhil has graciously continued work on the credit bureau integration module after Google Summer of Code has wrapped up. You can view the summary of what he worked on at https://nikpawar89.github.io/
He is still awaiting completion of the module by getting access to a live sandbox of a credit bureau so that the integration for credit bureau inquiries from Apache Fineract/Mifos X can be executed. He's recently started working with a Mifos volunteer, Mabawonku Bolarinwa, of Nigeria who is providing requirements for integration with the three main credit bureaus in Nigeria. Nikhil has all that's needed for the reporting into the credit bureau and is now trying to gain access/membership to a local credit bureau to work on the inquiries from the credit bureau. Before he invests a lot of time and effort into that, we wanted to identify how important it is to the microfinance banks/MFIs in Nigeria to be able to query the credit bureau in real-time from Mifos X. The integration would allow this to be done directly from Mifos X. However, we need to understand if this is a much more compelling or sought-out alternative than using the existing GUI which allows one to manually do searches and inquiries into the credit bureau. I'm reaching out specifically regarding Nigeria but welcome any community members to discuss the needs/requirements they have for their country/region. Ed -- *Ed Cable* President/CEO, Mifos Initiative [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
