Deposits
Sewa Banks account holders are made up of around 80 percent urban and 20 percent rural self employed women. The majority of these women are also members of SEWA Trade union. The urban female depositors of Sewa Bank are engaged in three predominant activities.
As vendors.
As labourers or small service providers.
As home based workers.
"A penny saved is more than a penny earned"
"Savings from our clients just pour in. As long as we design attractive saving schemes tailored to their needs and provide them with easy collection mechanisms, we see that poor women are great savers."
Jayshree Vyas, MD