Special Credit Windows in Existing Government Financing Institutions (GFIs).
Section 16
SEC. 16. Special Credit Windows in Existing Government Financing Institutions (GFIs). – The existing government financial institutions shall provide for the savings and credit needs of the poor. The GFIs such as the Land Bank of the Philippines, Philippine Postal Bank, Al Amanah Bank, and the Development Bank of the Philippines are hereby mandated to coordinate with NAPC and PCFC in setting up special credit windows and other arrangements, such as the servicing of Small Savers Instruments (SSIs), that will promote the microfinance program of this Act. The private financing institutions may also provide the savings and credit requirements of the poor by setting up similar credit windows and other arrangements to promote the savings component of the microfinance program of this Act. Special credit windows for the poor shall, as far as practicable, include an allocation for the basic sectors, as defined in this Act, particularly those living in the rural areas, agrarian reform communities, and women in the countryside.