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Comment: Updated URL for mostfit (500 error); added and clarified information on primary user and UI for those (like me) who are new to Mifos.

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titleSeeking an intern for 2014 Google Summer of Codea volunteer or partner to develop

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Currently listed as an idea for Google Summer of Code 2014 - building out use cases and seeking an intern.

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As financial inclusion providers grow more sophisticated and face more regulations, they need better control and automation of these business rules within their system. Implementation of a business rules engine within Mifos X would allow the system admin (usually an MFI manager) to easily set up and configure these business rules without having to edit the source code itself, so a solution that allows a non-technical user to easily set up and change rules would be ideal. Most users access Mifos X from the Community App UI, so we should consider this UI as the primary use case and surface business rules there.

Based on the conditions defined in these rules, the system will automatically restrict or allow permissions, trigger certain workflows, generate alerts, etc. 

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Only Clients with age between 25 and 55 may take a home loan product

Setting Loan amount limits based on data tables - for example different affordabiity limits for Married and Employed types (Married Employed people can take 40% of their Income - where marital status, employment status and income are captured as attributes in data tables)

Limit loan amounts by loan purpose - for example,

      •  for tailoring shop, max 10,000
      •  for small shop, max 15,000

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An active client must save at least 25 per week or 100 per month for six months, before allowing withdrawals

If the savings account holder is a guarantor for any loan, then withdrawals should not be allowed if balance falls below 80% of the outstanding loan amount

  • Accounts

A client can take a loan with amount upto 20 times the last 6 month’s average monthly closing balance of their savings account(s)

In Savings accounts – a client must maintain a minimum balance of at least 2 installments of their weekly dues on loans

  • GroupsBranchesGroups/Branches

New loans of Products X, Y and Z, are not allowed for branches which have more than 10% overdues

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