Opportunity Bank

Opportunity Bank, Montenegro, was formally licensed by the Central Bank of Montenegro on 23rd April, 2002, and became operational on 29th May, 2002.

Opportunity Bank is Opportunity International's first fully licensed bank in the region and has grown out of the strong foundation of the NGO Microcredit Montenegro (MCM). MCM grew rapidly into a highly successful microfinance institution, making nearly ten thousand loans worth over US$14.5 million to small businesses from July 1999 through to June 2002.

Today Opportunity Bank offers a wide range of banking services including loans, deposits, SWIFT international transactions, domestic payments and other operational products.

Opportunity Bank's mission is to support the development of micro and small businesses, which represent the most active sector of every economy and have huge future development potential.

Opportunity Bank provides micro loans to meet the financial needs of micro and small business for further development or to help them to start some new business, in a fast and efficient way.

Opportunity Bank supports the development of agriculture production and private initiative in this field. As a leader in microfinance, Opportunity Bank is aware that agriculture producers need special care and has in mind their specific operating needs. That's the reason the Bank developed a special credit line with favourable terms and simple procedures for making available loan funds to meet the needs of agriculture producers.

In the past entrepreneurs and small enterprises did not have access to high quality loans. The essence of Opportunity Bank's operation is to support the development of entrepreneurship and small enterprises, which represent the most vital sector of the Montenegrin economy.