Blueprint · 01 Microcredit bank

A microcredit bank, composed in six weeks.

Reference architecture for launching a digital microcredit operation in a frontier market on the Klyqo Banking OS. Mambu as the core, Smile ID + Persona for KYC, mobile money for disbursement, thin-file alt-data for underwriting, BNA-style compliance reporting as a rail. Pick the providers, Klyqo orchestrates them, you operate the bank.

The use case

Microcredit. Where the unit economics decide whether the book survives.

Microcredit is a working-capital product for the informal and micro-business segment that traditional banks do not reach. The technology industrialises the cost of serving small tickets; underwriting and collections decide whether the book is profitable. In Angola alone, the public target is 75% financial inclusion by 2028 against a base of single-digit bank penetration in the informal economy.

50k–2.5M Kz
Ticket size range
1–18 mo
Maturity range
~38% a.a.
Target effective yield
≤ 4%
Target write-off
The architecture

Five layers + two rails. Klyqo composes them.

The non-negotiables: a modern core, KYC that covers the local document set, mobile money for disbursement and repayment, thin-file scoring, and compliance reporting wired to the central bank. Klyqo is the runtime that holds it all together with typed journeys, durable execution, and a marketplace of swappable providers.

Compliance railBNA reporting
periodic submissions, audit trail, KYC compliance under Lei 14/21
Layer 5 · Channels
Customer, employee, agent surfaces
Mobile app Agent / balcão WhatsApp Business SMS Partner API
Risk railCredit risk
thin-file scoring, PAR30 monitoring, write-off discipline
ComplianceEvery journey step signed and logged. Replayable trail for the supervisor.
Layer 4 · Klyqo · the Banking OS
Runtime + marketplace dispatch
Compose Dispatch Run Observe Onboarding Origination KYC Servicing Collections
RiskCollections workflows. Impairment under IFRS 9. FX exposure tracking.
ComplianceEach provider call audited per tenant, exportable for the regulator.
Layer 3 · Marketplace primitives & providers
The capabilities a microcredit bank actually needs
KYC · Smile ID + Persona Mobile money · Multicaixa, Unitel Money Risk · thin-file alt-data Notify · WhatsApp + SMS Ledger · built-in or Mambu
RiskScoring pulls signed alt-data; collections route through provider rails.
ComplianceGL and accounts under regulator’s prudential framework.
Layer 2 · Core banking
Mambu · cloud-native, lending-fit
Credit product engine Accounts & ledger Repayment scheduling GL export
RiskCore enforces limits per product (e.g. 2.5M Kz Sociedade de Microcrédito cap).
ComplianceLicence + capital under Lei 14/21 + relevant Avisos.
Layer 1 · Foundation (yours)
Licence · capital · funding
BNA licence · Sociedade de Microcrédito Equity (seed + Series A) Debt lines (banks, DFIs)
RiskBalance sheet structure decides growth ceiling.
The canonical journey

Microcredit onboarding + origination, end to end.

One Klyqo journey, defined as typed code, run durably. The buyer experiences a single flow from sign-up to disbursement in under fifteen minutes; the bank sees the orchestrated trace, regulator-ready.

klyqo / journeys / microcredito-onboarding · LIVE
01
Sign-up capturedcustomer · mobile / agent / partner API
~2 min
02
Identity & KYCSmile ID + Persona · BI + biometric + watchlist
~3 min
03
Account openedMambu · customer + account provisioned
~1 min
04
Thin-file scoringtelco data + group-vouching + behavioural signals
~30 sec
05
Credit decision & loan termsdecisioning rule + product binding (Giro 1–6mo)
~10 sec
06
Disbursementmobile money · Multicaixa Express / Unitel Money
~5 min
07
Servicing & reportingreminders, collections, BNA reports · continuous
ongoing
The providers used

What you pick from the marketplace.

A microcredit bank in this configuration uses six marketplace providers. Some are live today, others in flight or scoped on request — the launch sequence picks the ones in flight and times the others to need.

KYC · biometric
Persona
Document + biometric, global passport coverage. Pairs with Smile ID for Angolan ID document coverage.
Live
KYC · African ID
Smile ID
African ID specialist: 50+ countries. Optimised for thin-file markets and local document types.
Beta
Core banking
Mambu
Credit product engine, accounts, GL. Adapter in flight; production for the microcredit reference architecture.
In flight
Payments · mobile money
Multicaixa Express / Unitel Money
Angolan domestic disbursement + repayment rails. Adapter scoped for this blueprint.
Roadmap
Lending · alt-data
Thin-file scoring (Africa)
Telco data + behavioural + group vouching. Provider partnership recruiting against this reference.
Recruiting
Notify · messaging
WhatsApp Business + SMS
Customer engagement and collections reminders. Two adapters in scope: WhatsApp Business API + Twilio SMS.
Roadmap
What this blueprint is and isn’t

Honest about the work.

The work this blueprint represents

This reference architecture is real. The runtime is shipping today (v0.1). The Mambu adapter is in flight with launch partners. The thin-file scoring partner and the Angolan mobile money adapter are the two specific recruits we are running against this blueprint right now. The path from contract to first journey running live for a microcredit pilot is four to six weeks once those two adapters are decided.

What you bring: the BNA licence, the capital, the launch market, the underwriting policy. What Klyqo brings: the runtime, the marketplace, the adapters, the journey templates, the audit log. What we figure out together: which providers, which alt-data sources, which journey variants for your specific operating model.

If you are an Angolan IFM, a microfinance lender in another African market, or a foundation considering capital deployment in inclusive finance: this blueprint is shipping toward your use case specifically. Talk to us before you scope the build yourself.

Considering a microcredit launch?

If you are sketching a microfinance bank, a financial inclusion programme, or evaluating Klyqo specifically against this use case — the first conversation is short, no deck. Tell us about the market, the licence, and the timeline. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right runtime today.

Email diogo@klyqo.com Response within two business days