Pagasa Philippines Finance Corporation (Pagasa Philippines) is the first subsidiary of ASA International. Pagasa Philippines is a financial institution providing microfinance services to economically poor Filipinos. It was established in 2007.

VISION
Reducing poverty by improving the lives of the underprivileged with a key focus on female entrepreneurs.

MISSION
We have a strong commitment to financial inclusion and socioeconomic progress.

OBJECTIVE
Providing microfinance loans for business purpose to low-income entrepreneurs with the objective to improve financial inclusion and realise socioeconomic progress . Our loans provide an alternative to low income entrepreneurs without access to credit from traditional banks. We provide these loans using the ASA Model. The ASA Model was introduced by Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, co-founder of ASA International, who sadly passed away in February 2021. Read more about our co-founder and tributes to his contribution here.