Secured Lending

Effective secured lending laws are a crucial component of a healthy business climate. In their absence, entrepreneurs are unable to leverage current or movable assets into capital for investment.

FIAS' Secured Lending team works to foster the use of movable assets such as livestock, receivables, and equipment as collateral in exchange for loans. FIAS, jointly with IFC's Access to Finance business line, supports the development of a well-functioning secured lending framework through a delivery model that focuses on harmonizing laws, building electronic registries, streamlining registration processes, and eliminating unnecessary paperwork. In delivering its services the team actively partners with other World Bank Group units and more broadly with public and private stakeholders.

The Secured Lending team focuses on three main areas:

Legal Reform
Advising governments, policy makers, and financial sector participants on improvements to the legal and regulatory infrastructure for secured lending.

Collateral Registry Development
Preparing feasibility studies, advising on registry regulations, designing and implementing registries, including electronic filing and search systems.

Capacity Building
Training of regulators and financial institutions on new laws, regulations, and registry operations.

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