PIC Solutions Delivers Specialised Scoring Training in Swaziland

Released on = February 22, 2007, 3:51 am

Press Release Author = PIC Solutions

Industry = Financial

Press Release Summary = Cape Town, 22 February 2007 - TechnoServe, an international
business development organisation which assists entrepreneurs to build sustainable
businesses, selected PIC Solutions to present a scoring seminar to credit grantors
in Swaziland.

Press Release Body = Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), as well as contributions from the participating financial institutions,
this scoring best practices seminar provided the perfect platform for organisations
committed to keeping abreast of industry trends. The Credit Academy is a specialist
credit and risk training programme composed of over 15 different seminars. These
seminars are either delivered at the PIC Solutions dedicated training centre or
onsite at the client's premises. This flexible onsite training solution has now been
delivered in over 10 countries to more than 1,000 attendees from over 100
organisations.

Founded in 1968, TechnoServe assists entrepreneurial men and women in the developing
world to build businesses that create income, opportunity and economic growth.
TechnoServe has improved over 1,200 businesses and benefited millions of people in
24 countries. Due to this achievement TechnoServe has been recognised as one of the
world\'s \"Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs\" by the Schwab Foundation for Social
Entrepreneurship.

Leslie Johnston, Swaziland Country Director of TechnoServe, comments, "TechnoServe
aims to provide entrepreneurs from developing communities with the necessary tools
to build successful businesses. Critical to the success of a business is the ability
to access finance. PIC Solutions understands the broader issues impacting the
emerging markets and they have successfully delivered training to multiple financial
institutions, enabling them to viably price credit risk and increase their lending
to small- and medium-sized enterprises. We selected them to assist us with our
training initiatives and their experienced presenters' delivered customised training
on the benefits of credit scoring to the credit lending community of Swaziland."

Stephen Leonard, Managing Director of PIC Solutions, adds, "Businesses inherently
depend on the skills of their employees and therefore training and development are
essential tools for anyone wanting to successfully develop their business. PIC
Solutions is committed to providing solutions that maximise organisations abilities
to take advantage of market opportunities and through this training seminar
delegates gained insight into credit scoring and the benefits of using it to improve
their business bottom line. We are proud to be associated with TechnoServe on this
initiative. "


About PIC Solutions
PIC Solutions provides consumer credit solutions to a wide range of blue-chip
organisations. We are experts in the fields of credit, risk and software and have an
established track record of success powered by solutions.

Our ongoing commitment is to enable clients to optimise the credit life cycle.


Web Site = http://www.PICSolutions.com

Contact Details = Editorial Contact:
Sarka Svoboda
Marketing Manager
Tel: +27 (0)21 680-6010
Fax: +27 (0)21 680-6003
Email: SSvoboda@PICSolutions.com
Web: www.PICSolutions.com

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