For Banks & Lending Institutions

Deploy capital into
emerging-market
education - protected.

Aveka provides a structured origination and workflow infrastructure for regulated financial institutions to deploy capital into the international student lending market. All credit decisions, loan terms, and disbursement conditions are set exclusively by the lending partner.

Portfolio Sanctioned · CY2025
Across 3 active co-lending partners
$22.27M
Target Portfolio NPA Rate*
University-verified applicants only
<2.5%
First-Loss Protection
Deal-specific escrow arrangements available to qualifying lending partners.
Structured FLDG
*Target NPA rate is based on current portfolio performance and is not a guarantee of future performance.
Source Markets Active
expanding to 8 by Q4 2026
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Structured First-Loss Protection University-Verified Borrowers 6 Active Origination Markets UK · AU · CA · US Destinations Compliant Origination Escrow-Held FLDG 24-Month Loan Tenure Structured First-Loss Protection University-Verified Borrowers 6 Active Origination Markets UK · AU · CA · US Destinations Compliant Origination Escrow-Held FLDG 24-Month Loan Tenure
What We Offer

A structured lending
partnership with clear returns

Aveka handles all origination, KYC, credit assessment, and collections. You provide the capital. The structure is designed to protect you first.

01
Risk Protection

Structured First-Loss Protection

Where agreed under individual partnership terms, a First-Loss Default Guarantee (FLDG) can be structured and held in escrow prior to disbursement. The percentage and terms are agreed with each lending partner individually. All FLDG arrangements are deal-specific and subject to separate commercial agreement.

02
Deal Flow

Verified, University-Backed Borrowers

Every borrower holds a confirmed university offer from an accredited institution. All applications undergo KYC, academic verification, and credit assessment before reaching you.

03
Operations

Full-Service Origination

Aveka manages origination, documentation, disbursement to universities, and in-country collection in the borrower's local currency. No operational overhead for your team.

04
Scale

Growing Pipeline, 9 Markets by 2026

Active origination across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Brazil - with Nepal, Mexico, and Peru onboarding through 2026. Volume scales at your pace.

05
Reporting

Transparent Portfolio Reporting

Monthly portfolio performance data covering disbursements, repayment rates, PAR30, and NPA tracking. Full documentation available on request under NDA.

06
Structure

Customisable Partnership Terms

We work with your credit team to structure deployment limits, geography preferences, loan tenor, and return parameters. Pilot allocations available to new partners.

Origination Geography

Where we source
borrowers

All markets have active origination infrastructure, local KYC capability, and in-country collections teams.

Nigeria

Largest active market. Strong demand for UK & Canadian programmes. Deep local collections infrastructure.

Active

Kenya

High-growth market with strong UK university preference. Mobile-first origination deployed.

Active

Ghana

Active portfolio with established lender relationships and university MoU network.

Active

India

High-value applicant pool with strong academic profiles. Primarily UK and Australian destinations.

Active

South Africa

Growing workforce and student pipeline. Origination live, portfolio building.

Active

Brazil

LATAM entry market. Early pipeline active, full origination infrastructure deploying through 2026.

Active
Enquire

Interested in a
lending partnership?

We work with a limited number of institutional lending partners. Leave your details and our team will follow up under NDA.

For regulated financial institutions only. Engagement is subject to mutual NDA. All partnership structures are agreed individually and do not constitute a standard product offering. Aveka is a technology facilitation platform and does not act as a lender, financial adviser, or regulated entity in any lending jurisdiction.

Our lending partners operate under
FCA / RBI / CBN / CBK
AML / KYC
GDPR
Independent Escrow
IFRS Reporting
Aveka is a technology platform registered with the DED, Dubai (Licence No. 1308533) and is not itself a licensed financial institution.