PUTTING WOMEN’S FINANCIAL INCLUSION FIRST: Finance Trust Bank’s 2021 net profit grows 57 per cent

Finance Trust Bank ‘s Board Chairperson, Dr. Evelyn Kahiigi is joined by the Bishop of Kapchorwa Diocese and the Town Clerk of Kapchorwa Municipality at a recent launch event of the Bank’s new Kapchorwa Branch in Eastern Uganda. Finance Trust bank operates a network of 34 Branches, including one in the hard-to-reach Kalangala Islands. 70% of the bank’s branches are in rural areas. The bank currently serves over 500,000 savers and over 29,000 borrowers and 51% of the bank’s customer base are women and or women-owned businesses and groups. PHOTO/Courtesy