Banca Etica is Italy's first ethical bank, with the mission of encouraging socio-economic initiatives in the field of sustainable human and social development. The organisation opened its first branch in Padua in 1999.

We aim to provide support to small businesses, especially in the start-up phase, supporting their growth and development. Along this way we create well-being and employment, promoting the inclusion of new people in the job market.

We promote innovation and digitalization of businesses, carrying out sustainable and inclusive projects and also contribute to the education and dissemination of a financial culture among companies, professionals and workers.

Confeserfidi is a mutual guarantee company. Its mission is to support SMEs, including startups, providing them guarantees on disbursed loans, at subsidised interest rates, by banks. Confeserfidi has agreements with the main Italian banks and, through agents, it covers the whole Italian state.

COOPFIN was set-up in the 90s following a public-private agreement between the cooperatives business organisations (partners of the company) and Sardinia Region, in Italy. In August 2016 COOPIN has been recognized by Bank of Italy as Microcredit Operator and in February, and in 2017 COOPFIN started receiving the first requests of microcredit loans.

FidiPersona's mission is to support people to start up a business, especially for people excluded from the banking sector because of the high credit risk. Beyond lending money, Fidipersona provides services such as mentoring and coaching; particularly a business development service before the lending of the microcredit.

Fondazione Mons. Vito De Grisantis seeks to achieve social solidarity by helping the unemployed and people in need by giving small loans.

Fondazione Grameen Italia is the first and only centre in Italy dedicated to studying and replicating microcredit programs based on the Grameen Bank methodology.

Iccrea Banca is the parent company of Gruppo Bancario Cooperativo Iccrea.

Iccrea Banca was established in 1963, founded by around 190 mutual banks (at that time, they were known as "Casse Rurali e Artigiane") in order to support their activities at local level with centralised services. Its role evolved in the following years, with the evolution of the mutual banks now known as "Banche di Credito Cooperativo" (BCCs).

On 4 March 2019, the Gruppo Bancario Cooperativo Iccrea was entered into the Register of Italian Banking Groups, effective as of 1 January 2019. At the time of registration, the group was made up of 162 companies, including 142 affiliated mutual banks, the Parent Company Iccrea Banca, and other companies held either by Iccrea Banca or by the affiliated mutual banks themselves. The Group is the leading banking group owned entirely by residents of local communities within Italy by way of an ownership structure encompassing around 800,000 member shareholders, nearly half of which are either households or small businesses.

JMF enables Armenians in need to move from poverty and despair to self-sufficiency and hope – through relief, development and spiritual uplift.

Microfinanza Srl is a private and fully independent consulting firm specialized in the microfinance sector. The mission of the company is to provide expertise and innovative solutions for the development of microfinance.

MicroLab promotes the development of self-employment through projects and activities concerning financial literacy and trainings of young entrepreneurs, supports the creation and development of micro-enterprises and encourages the enhancement of micro-credit as an instrument of social and financial inclusion.

Mikro Kapital is a micro credit company contributing to positive outcomes such as social inclusion, gender balance and sustainable employment opportunities. It creates ethical finance opportunities for the excluded from the traditional financial system.

PerMicro is a Turin-based Non-Banking Financial Intermediary specialized in microfinance products. PerMicro provides small loans to entrepreneurs or households, nationwide. It is designed for people who do not have an easy access to regular banks.

The Italian Microfinance Network (RITMI) is a non-profit organization founded in February 2008 that connects various institutions (up to now 24 members) that promote financial and social inclusion in Italy through financial services, supporting the creation of new entrepreneurship and employment, as well as the implementation of activities of Financial Education and commitment to local development.