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Company's Name: Software's Name: Octopus Microfinance Octopus Microfinance Suite
Company's Name: Software's Name: Octopus Microfinance Octopus Microfinance Suite
Company's Name: Software's Name: Octopus Microfinance Octopus Microfinance Suite
Company's Name:
Software's Name:
ITEMS
Contact information of the person who fills the
questionnaire:
Octopus Microfinance
Octopus Microfinance Suite
CHOICE LISTS
Vincent BIOT
Chief Operating Officer
vincent@octopusnetwork.org
00 33 1 58 56 10 00
Jun-07
Name
Position
e-mail address
Phone number
Since when are you working with this institution?
COMPANY PROFILE
Octopus Microfinance
Contact Details
www.octopusnetwork.org
50 avenue des Champs Elyses 75009 Paris
URL
Postal address
Country
France
Region
Europe_and_Central_Asia
00 33 1 58 56 10 01
Dsire Maillard-Sallins - desiree@octopusnetwork.org
Nicolas Mangin - nicolas@octopusnetwork.org
Jan-09
Fax number
Sales representative
Technical manager
Established since
Status
Limited_liability_company
Company's turnover
Turnover linked to microfinance activity
Company's net profit
Profit link to microfinance activity
Staff
9 (5 Paris + 4 Bishkek)
9
3
3
3
6
2
Consulting in IT & MF
Services
YES
with Resellers?
YES
NO
with NGO's?
YES
NO
2007: first version and first deployement (OXUS) - 2008: First revenues
and profitability; First users outside Central Asia (Europe, Africa); 2009:
First decentralized contributions: set-up of the Octopus platform in
Bishkek, that now contributes for about half of the development
productivity; Partnerships with IT companies in Sri Lanka and Sngal;
Release of the ASP version (Octopus Online); Major improvements:
village banking, consolidation module, accrual accounting
SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
Software versions
July 2007
More than 20
v.2.5.8
12 (+ non-monitored MFIs that downloaded the software)
0
April 2009
May 2009
Monthly
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Octopus Microfinance Suite
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YES
YES
NO
Microfinance Banks
YES
YES
Finance Companies
YES
NO
NO
Non-profit Organizations
YES
Others
NO
Yes after the achievement of the savings module (by Sep 09)
Need adaptations
Market references
0/3/8
0/3/8
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3
500 to 15000
2008: Afghanistan:1 // Kyrgysthan:2 // Tadjikistan:1 // France:1 // Ghana:1
// Madagascar:1 // India:1 - May 2009: Tajikistan: 3 // Afghanistan: 1 //
Kyrgyzstan: 5 // India: 1 // Ghana: 1 // France:1
Afghanistan:3 // Kazakhzstan:1 // India:2
0
0
0
2007: 3 / 2008: 8 / 2009: 12
0
0
0
0
Commercial_Banks
Microfinance_Banks
Community_Banks (limited service area)
Finance_Companies
Cooperatives_and/or_Credit Unions
Non_profit_Organizations
Savings_and_Credit_Associations
Other
other
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Outsourcing
YES
Current competitors
Estimated future competitors
User-friendliness, development methodology (agile development continuous improvement), cost, possibility to get local support,
opportunity to be independent from a vendor (open source means that the
MFI owns also the code, and can eventually choose its own counterpart)
FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE
Client Information Management
Client data such as name, marital status, age, gender, address (home
and work) and activity
YES
Group clients data such as name, status, members (nb / list), leader,
creation date, meeting date
YES
Village data such as name, location, status, groups (nb / list), leader,
registration date
YES
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Facilities to check client behavior - i.e. credit and deposit status and
history (either from external or internal sources)
Historical data on clients (including deleted, canceled, rejected and
closed loans)
Able to track clients at different stages of the process (prospect, active,
blocked)
Unique identifier of client as a parameter (internal number, Mnemonic, ID
card,)
Octopus Microfinance
Octopus Microfinance Suite
CHOICE LISTS
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Black list
YES
Picture
Check for ID duplication + 'Quality report' raising suspect similiraities
between among clients
By the status 'pending'. Possibility to parametrize a report to identify the
potential client (or "pending" client)
cf. screenshot
NO
Loan management
Integrated with accounting system
NO
core banking system
YES
YES
Lending methodologies
Individual clients
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
Declining balance
YES
Fixed rates
YES
YES
Floating/Variable rate
NO
YES
YES
Special products
Leasing
NO
Mortgage
NO
Warrantage
YES
Line of credit
NO
Other
YES
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
Payment Types
Term loans with constant payments
YES
YES
YES
YES
cf. screenshot
NO
Planned in S2 2009
YES
Weekly
YES
Biweekly
YES
Every 4 weeks
YES
Monthly
YES
Bimonthly
YES
YES
YES
YES
365 days
YES
YES
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Octopus Microfinance Suite
CHOICE LISTS
NO
52 weeks
NO
YES
The interests rate are defined by period of installment: weekly rate for
weekly installments (so the equivalent payment year supported is 365
days), idem for Daily, Biweekly, 'Every 4 weeks' installments; monthly
rate for monthly installments are somehow equivalent to 360 days/month,
etc.
Grace periods
Late payment grace period
YES
YES
YES
Defined as a 'General parameter', ie will affect all the loans, whatever the
product
At the product/contract level
At the product/contract level
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
Repayment methods
Cash
YES
Check
NO
NO
Money order
NO
NO
ATM Card
NO
POS devices
NO
Mobile banking
NO
YES, manual
YES, automatic
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
cf. screenshot
System generated (configurable to a certain extend)
Deposits management
Integrated with accounting system
Application (Instruction) -> Appraisal -> Approval (by the Credit Comittee)
-> Disbursement -> Payment
Cf; above
if on time: automatic closure if early: manual closure
Appraisal document, Loan Schedule/Account statement, Contract, Cashout receipts, cash-in receipts
Planned in Q2-Q3 2009
YES
YES
Current account
YES
Overdraft account
NO
Term deposit
NO
Planned saving
NO
Group saving
NO
NO
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
Voluntary deposits
YES
NO
Planned in Q3 2009
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Octopus Microfinance Suite
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NO
NO
YES
Check
NO
Transfer
NO
NO
ATM Card
NO
POS devices
NO
Mobile banking
NO
PDA
NO
Other
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
Teller management
Create a new teller
YES
Open Till
NO
Close Till
NO
YES
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
Manually
Manually
Transfer
Interbranch transacting
NO
NO
NO
NO
Accounting
Chart of accounts management
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Cost accounting
NO
Asset management
NO
Budget management
NO
Treasury management
NO
Pay-roll management
NO
Accounting interface
Export to external accounting packages? (specify which)
YES
NO
End of period process (day, month, year) and approximate timing for
5.000, 15.000, 50.000, 100.000 clients registered in system
YES
YES
YES
1C; SAGE
Manual (can be handled everyday/week/month). Time for: 500 clients ->
60 seconds; 15 000 -> 5 minutes; 50 000 -> 20 minutes ; 100 000 ->> 45
minutes
Balance Sheet; P&L statement
Share Management
Membership share management
NO
Share buying
NO
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Octopus Microfinance Suite
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Share selling
NO
Share valuation
NO
Dividends calculation
NO
Flexibility
Consolidation / Possible network configurations
Single PC
YES
Decentralised
YES
YES
Centralised on line
YES
NO
Other
NO
See online.octopusnetwork.org
YES
Client/Server
YES
ASP
YES
Web Interface
NO
Multi-Tier
YES
Delayed posting
NO
See online.octopusnetwork.org
Tracking flexibility
Tracks clients at different levels (individual, group, village,
branch, region, institution
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
Multi institutions
NO
Max 11 concureent users with SQL Server Express (free) ; Unlimited with
SQL Server
(Not sure to have a clear idea about what is meant) Some reports are
configured by default to offer a breakdown of the main figures by region,
loan product, loan officer, etc.
YES
Yes
Multiple languages
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
(+ Jalali calendar)
Multiple currencies
Supports local currencies and foreign currencies
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
Displayed in 2 currencies ?
YES
Position Management
NO
Manually
Rounding
Rounding per currency to fit cash constraints (5, 10, 50, 100, ),
possibility to set it up by product
NO
NO
NO
Death insurance
NO
NO
NO
NO
Provision
Calculation set by ageing rules and product type
YES
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Calculation modes (total outstanding, past dues only, ...)
Provision automatically calculated at disbursement
Reporting
Octopus Microfinance
Octopus Microfinance Suite
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YES
YES
core banking system
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Customized statistics
YES
Additional functionalities
Payment cards
sub-party
Check management
sub-party
sub-party
sub-party
Credit scoring
additional module
additional module
HR administration
sub-party
sub-party
sub-party
No experience so far
No experience so far
No experience so far
No experience so far
Can be developed on demand
Can be developed on demand
No experience so far
EASE OF CONFIGURATION
Configurator exists
YES
Parameterization steps
YES
YES
Configuration printing
YES
Configuration interface/ergonomy
YES
YES
Exist only in the ASP mode; planned for the standalone version by the
end of 2009
SECURITY
Audit
Audit methodology
YES
YES
NO
NO
Traceability of transactions
YES
All transactions are tracked (with the user id and the date)
Identification
Users profiles (roles and privileges)
NO
YES
Technology used
Accountability
by transaction
YES
by consultation
NO
NO
Backup management
Using an external tool
NO
YES
NO
Data protection
on database
NO
NO
NO
TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE
Server requirements
Windows
The difference will be only on the server side: *For 15.000 clients, we
need a dual-core with 2Go RAM and for 100.000 clients, we need 2 dualcore with 4Go RAM
Operating system
Minimal configuration for 15.000, 50.000, 100.000 clients
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Octopus Microfinance
Octopus Microfinance Suite
CHOICE LISTS
Network requirements
In the standelone mode, we need only a LAN network. In ASP mode, we
need a standart TCP/IC connection
Internet TCP/IP
Database requirements
SQL Server
ODBC
ODBC, JDBC
Workstation
Windows
A standart configuration is ok: 1 CPU 2GHz and 2GO RAM
Dual Core 2Go and 2Go RAM
A basic installation need 80Mo but if you want all reports, you need
110Mo
Operating system
Minimal configuration
Optimal configuration
Size of client application
Existing interface
We can export all reports in Excel, Word or PDF - Export the accounting
booking in Excel and text format.
Software
C, SQL
We can browse/download the source code here:
http://forge.octo.com/svn/Octopus/trunk/
Crystal Report
Programming language
Open source
YES
YES
Quickest implementation
Longest implementation
Guarantee period
YES
YES
12 months -
Training
User training
YES
YES
1 week - 3 000$/person
YES
2 weeks - 6 000$
100 - 500 $, depending on the complexity - decreasing fares with the
amount of work
System pricing
0 (open source)
NO
From 500 to 25000, depending on the size of the MFI, and the level of
follow-up required (cf.
http://www.octopusnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti
cle&id=148&Itemid=136&lang=fr). For Octopus online, annual fees.
Not Assessed
N/A
Depends on the size and on the IT skills of the MFI, level of autonomy,
etc.
N/A
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PRICING CASES
Software's Name:
Description of the MFI
situations
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
Number of
users
220
60
45
Company's Name:
Products
Number of % Urban /
branches
% Rural
50
50/50
20
20/80
10
80/20
Octopus Microfinance
Price in $
Comments
0
105,000
60,000
General Comments:
IT projects rely for sure on the technical and communication skills of the 'vendor' team. But a success requires a clear involvement from the client
side also, and the appropriation of skills an MFI does not always expect to need. Octopus Microfinance focuses therefore on helping MFIs become as
much autonomuous as possible, by building technical capacities within the MFI (managing the database, creating new reports, define and configure
the business interlligence strategy, etc.). At Octopus, we also think that a Core Banking System is not a classic traded object. Unlike when
purchasing a car, implementing an MIS is not about selecting the right options (like color, air conditioning, etc.), paying, shaking a few hands and
hitting the road. The CBS reflects all the methods and skills that the MFI manages internally. Because an MFI changes and improves over time (and
often because of growth, competition and regulation), its MIS must accompany this change. Octopus main asset is its process, its availability to
involve its users in the stearing of the development; and to continuously improve thanks to methodologies often refered to as 'agile practices'. The
pricing cases below give you an indication of costs and are quite conservative: Octopus is an open source platform and you will mainly purchase
skills and consulting. Global implementation costs for the client will actually depend on the current staff knowledge, infrastructures quality, the ability
to hire and train staff, etc. The bigger the involvement of the MFI (quality of the release manager, concern of the stearing committee, commitment of
the end users), the less painful (and costly) the CBS is and will be.. Eventually, the total costs will of course depend on how separated branches are /
former data quality / reporting complexity / Transportation costs, etc.
Case 1
No assessment
General comments
Octopus can accompany MFIs when managing 100 000+ clients (no limitation in term of performance). But it appears difficult to provide an
assessment of the conditions of such an implementation, given 1- the absence of transfer module in the current version of the software 2- the lack of
experience and accuracy of the requirements in term of transfer
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PRICING CASES
Software's Name:
Case 2
Company's Name:
Octopus Microfinance
Contains two tables: steps outline with comments & recommendations and finally pricing outline
STEPS OUTLINE
Duration in
month
Specifications, installation,
parameterization and
configuration
Testing / User Acceptance tests
Pilot phase
Workload in
Workload in
men-month on men-month on
the vendor side the client side
Comments /
Recommendation
1 to 3
2
2 to 6
4
Training
Full roll-out
12
11+ 12
TOTAL (maintenance)
MFI referent
(super user) +
At least 1
referent
(traininer) per
branch
PRICING
OUTLINE
product / service
Price in $
Comments
Core module
License
Open Source
Additional
modules
Database
license
Interface module
+ Delivery
Channel
Implementation
Fees and
Expenses
Training Cost
Maintenance
(yearly price)
15
TOTAL
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85,000
10,000
10,000
105,000
PRICING CASES
Software's Name:
Company's Name:
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Octopus Microfinance
PRICING CASES
Software's Name:
Company's Name:
Octopus Microfinance
General comments
Octopus set-up is an incremental process, and can be splitted in the following steps: 1- Kick-off session (2 weeks) to introduce the process and
related tool, define the roles of the release manager, of the stearing committee and of the other stakeholders (end-users representatives, etc.) 2Iterative adaptation step: the software is installed in several posts in the pilot branches - if gaps are identify, the release manager and the end-users
representative work with the development community to incrementally adapt it (Follow-up of the developments at least once a week - new release
deployed every month) 3Pilot phase- once the software satisfies the needs of the MFI (excluding ergonomic improvements, and other minor
improvements), a automatized data import tool is developed; the data of the pilot branch are duplicated in Octopus 3- Parallel run in the pilot branch
& training of the trainers (fine-tuning of the software through iterative development) 4- Migration and parallel run in the other bra+B32nches 5Progressive Roll-out
Case 3
Contains two tables: steps outline with comments & recommendations and finally pricing outline
STEPS OUTLINE
Duration in
month
Specifications, installation,
parameterization and
configuration
Workload in
Workload in
men-month on men-month on
the vendor side the client side
1 to 3
2
2 to 6
3
Pilot phase
Training
Full roll-out
12
8+ 12
TOTAL (maintenance)
Comments /
Recommendation
MFI referent
(super user) +
(Training of the trainers At least 1
Octopus University)
referent
(trainer) per
branch
PRICING
OUTLINE
product / service
Core module
License
Additional
modules
Database
license
Interface module
+ Delivery
Channel
Implementation
Fees and
Expenses
Training Cost
Maintenance
(yearly price)
TOTAL
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Price in $
Comments
Open source
0
0
49,000
6,000
5,000
60,000