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Complete feature catalogue

Every capability your cooperative needs, in one system

SaccoSphere is not a member register with a few reports bolted on. It is ten connected modules sharing one member record and one double-entry ledger — with 61 documented capabilities across the platform.

Know every member

Member Management

Replace scattered spreadsheets and paper files with one authoritative member register. Capture KYC documents, membership categories, next-of-kin, groups and status history — with a full audit trail behind every change.

Zero

duplicate member records

One register, one identity per member — no reconciliation between spreadsheets.

Minutes

to onboard a member

Invitation, profile capture and KYC review in a single guided flow.

Central Member Register

Every member, their category, status, branch and account relationships in one searchable directory.

KYC Verification Queue

A dedicated review queue so documents are verified, rejected or escalated with a recorded reason.

Member Groups & Cohorts

Organise members into groups, welfare pools and village-level cohorts for targeted savings cycles and campaigns.

Beneficiaries & Next of Kin

Record beneficiaries with relationship, allocation and contact details for compliant payouts.

Member Types & Entitlements

Define member categories with their own fees, limits and product eligibility.

Invitations & Self-Onboarding

Invite members by email or SMS so they complete their own profile through the member portal.

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Member Management — Know every member
Member Management — Know every member
Open the Member Management module page
Grow member savings

Savings & Schemes

Configure BOSA and FOSA style products, recurring deposit schemes and cycle-based group savings. Deposits, withdrawals, interest accrual and maturity settlement post straight to the general ledger — every time, without manual journals.

Automated

interest accrual

No month-end calculator marathons — interest posts itself and reconciles to the ledger.

Real time

member balances

Tellers and members see the same balance the moment a transaction posts.

Configurable Savings Products

Define minimum balances, interest rates, notice periods and withdrawal rules per product.

Accounts & Transactions Ledger

Over-the-counter deposits and withdrawals with instant balanced accounting entries.

Interest Accrual & Posting

Interest computed and posted to member accounts and the ledger automatically on schedule.

Maturity & Cycle Settlement

Fixed-term and cycle savings mature, settle and archive cleanly at period end.

Recurring & Standing Deposits

Scheduled deductions that keep members on track and reduce arrears.

Passbooks, Receipts & Statements

Printable receipts and member statements generated directly from ledger data.

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Savings & Schemes — Grow member savings
Savings & Schemes — Grow member savings
Open the Savings & Schemes module page
Lend with confidence

Loans & Credit

Standardise how credit is granted. Loan products, eligibility rules, appraisal scoring, guarantee limits, collateral and repayment schedules all live in one workflow — so approvals are consistent and defensible.

Consistent

credit decisions

Every application measured against the same rules, limits and approval thresholds.

Full

portfolio visibility

Exposure by product, branch, officer and risk classification at any moment.

Loan Products & Pricing

Interest methods, repayment frequencies, grace periods, fees and penalties configured per product.

Applications & Appraisal

Structured applications with eligibility checks, affordability and appraisal scoring.

Approvals & Disbursement

Maker-checker approval routing with disbursement and automatic ledger posting.

Repayment Schedules & Aging

Amortisation schedules, arrears, ageing analysis and overdue classification.

Guarantors & Guarantee Limits

Track guarantor exposure so no member over-guarantees beyond their own savings.

Collateral Register & Vault

Register, value and track physical and titled collateral through release or liquidation.

Restructuring & Write-offs

Restructure, reschedule or write off facilities with proper approval and audit history.

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Loans & Credit — Lend with confidence
Loans & Credit — Lend with confidence
Open the Loans & Credit module page
Reward ownership

Shares & Dividends

Manage share products, subscriptions and transfers, then declare and distribute dividends based on each member's holding. The engine computes entitlements pro-rata and posts the payout to the ledger and member accounts.

Pro-rata

fair distribution

Entitlements calculated per member holding, with a reviewable distribution schedule before posting.

Auditable

capital movements

Every subscription, transfer and payout is traceable to a source document and approver.

Share Products & Pricing

Nominal value, minimum holdings, transfer rules and limits defined per share product.

Share Register & Transfers

A statutory-grade register of holdings, subscriptions, transfers and redemptions.

Dividend Declaration

Declare a dividend rate against a financial year and preview the payout distribution.

Automated Distribution

Dividends credited to member accounts and savings, with the matching ledger entries.

Share Capital Reporting

Membership capital movement and reporting for board and regulatory review.

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Shares & Dividends — Reward ownership
Shares & Dividends — Reward ownership
Open the Shares & Dividends module page
Books that always balance

Accounting & Ledger

SaccoSphere is not a record-keeper bolted onto a spreadsheet — it is an accounting system. Every deposit, loan, fee and expense generates balanced debits and credits in a general ledger your auditors can trace end to end.

Balanced

books by design

Unbalanced entries cannot post — the ledger protects itself.

Audit-ready

at any time

Generate statements and supporting schedules without month-end reconstruction.

Double-Entry General Ledger

Chart of accounts, journals and ledger postings with enforced debit/credit balance.

Account Mapping

Map products, fees and interest income to the correct general ledger accounts.

Journal Vouchers

Manual adjustments and corrections captured as approved vouchers, never silent edits.

Expense Management

Expense vouchers with categories, supporting receipts and approval routing.

Periods & Financial Years

Soft locks and hard closes so closed periods stay closed and historical reports stay stable.

Reconciliation & Bank Matching

Match gateway and bank movements to ledger entries and clear unexplained differences.

Financial Statements

Trial balance, income and expenditure, balance sheet and cash flow on demand.

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Accounting & Ledger — Books that always balance
Accounting & Ledger — Books that always balance
Open the Accounting & Ledger module page
Money in, matched

Payments & Wallet

Give every member a digital wallet, accept mobile money and bank payments, and let the reconciliation engine match incoming funds to the right member, account and loan instalment — with exceptions queued for human review.

Less

manual matching

Reconciliation exceptions become the exception, not the daily routine.

Instant

member confirmation

Members receive receipts by SMS, email or in-app the moment a payment lands.

Member Digital Wallet

Every member gets a ledger-backed wallet for deposits, repayments and withdrawals.

Mobile Money Collections

Accept deposits and loan repayments from MTN, Airtel and M-Pesa with instant confirmation.

Payment Gateway Settings

Configure provider credentials, channels, limits and fees per organisation.

Automated Reconciliation

Incoming payments matched to members and instalments automatically, with exceptions queued.

Float & Liquidity Control

Monitor and pre-fund the float pool so member transactions never stall.

Webhooks & Callbacks

Provider callbacks ingested, logged and replayed safely with idempotent processing.

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Payments & Wallet — Money in, matched
Payments & Wallet — Money in, matched
Open the Payments & Wallet module page
Control without bottlenecks

Workflow & Automation

Encode the cooperative's operating rules — who approves what, above which amount, and under which conditions. Maker-checker segregation keeps money-moving actions double-checked while routine automation removes the manual work entirely.

Defensible

every approval

Decisions carry a reason, a timestamp and a named approver.

Fewer

manual reconciliations

Routine postings happen on schedule instead of waiting for month end.

Maker-Checker Approval Engine

Route high-value or sensitive actions to an approver, separate from the initiator.

Configurable Business Rules

Thresholds, limits and conditional logic configured per organisation, not hard-coded.

Approval Queue & Delegation

A single queue of pending decisions with reasons, history and delegated cover.

Automated Posting & Accrual

Interest, fees and penalties posted by scheduled jobs with a visible run history.

Event-Driven Notifications

Trigger SMS, email or in-app alerts when operational events occur.

Segregation of Duties

Ensure the person who records a transaction is not the person who approves it.

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Workflow & Automation — Control without bottlenecks
Workflow & Automation — Control without bottlenecks
Open the Workflow & Automation module page
Reach every member

Communications

Keep members engaged and reduce arrears with automated and bulk messaging. Manage templates, target the right cohort, respect quiet hours, track delivery and reconcile SMS credits — all from the same system that holds the member data.

Lower

arrears and defaults

Timely reminders before an instalment falls due, sent without staff intervention.

Faster

information sharing

AGM notices, dividend announcements and circulars reach members in minutes.

In-App Noticeboard

Publish circulars and announcements straight into the member portal.

SMS & Email Templates

Reusable, localisable templates for every lifecycle event with dynamic placeholders.

Bulk Broadcast Campaigns

Send to all members, a branch, a group or a filtered cohort such as members in arrears.

Lifecycle Automation

Automatic notices for approvals, disbursements, deposits, dividends and due instalments.

Delivery Logs & Credits

Per-message delivery status with SMS credit balance and consumption reporting.

Member Preferences

Respect channel preferences, opt-outs and quiet hours by default.

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Communications — Reach every member
Communications — Reach every member
Open the Communications module page
Decide with evidence

Reports & Analytics

Give the board, management and auditors the numbers they ask for without a week of preparation. Dashboards, financial statements, portfolio and regulatory reports all read directly from the same ledger — with a complete audit trail behind them.

Live

board reporting

Reports reflect the current position rather than last month's reconciliation.

Traceable

every figure

Drill from a headline number to the underlying transactions that produced it.

Executive Analytics Cockpit

Live KPIs for members, savings, loan book, liquidity and growth with branch scoping.

Financial Reporting Pack

Trial balance, income and expenditure, balance sheet and cash flow statements.

Portfolio & Credit Reports

Loan ageing, provisioning, concentration and repayment performance analysis.

Immutable Audit Trail

Every action recorded with actor, timestamp, IP and before/after values.

Regulatory Returns

Structured returns and member statistics for regulator and federation submissions.

Exportable Registers

Export any register or report to PDF and spreadsheet-ready formats.

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Reports & Analytics — Decide with evidence
Reports & Analytics — Decide with evidence
Open the Reports & Analytics module page
Run a tight ship

Governance & Control

Operate one branch or fifty on the same platform. Scope staff to a branch, define exactly what each role can see and do, brand the portal as your own cooperative, and run the whole thing in the languages your members actually speak.

Least

privilege by default

Staff only see the branches, members and actions their role permits.

Your

brand, our engine

Members experience your cooperative — not a generic third-party portal.

Multi-Branch Management

Branch registers, cash tills and consolidated or branch-scoped reporting.

Roles & Granular Permissions

Define custom roles and grant only the capabilities each job actually requires.

Organization Branding

Your logo, colours and identity across the staff workspace and member portal.

Multi-Language Support

Translate the interface so members and staff work in their preferred language.

Financial Settings & Policies

Registration fees, grace periods, cycle rules and platform-wide policy configuration.

Subscription & Billing

Plan entitlements, usage limits, invoices and renewal management in one place.

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Governance & Control — Run a tight ship
Governance & Control — Run a tight ship
Open the Governance & Control module page
By role

Built for every seat at the table

A SACCO is a financial institution run by a committee, a manager and a small team. Each of them gets exactly the view they need — and nothing they should not see.

Board & Committee

Board packs assembled by hand, figures that cannot be traced back to source.

Live analytics, auditable statements and dividend distribution you can defend at the AGM.

Chief Executive / Manager

No single view of savings, loan book, arrears and liquidity across branches.

One executive cockpit with branch scoping and drill-down to the underlying transactions.

Loan Officer

Appraisals done on paper, guarantee exposure tracked by memory.

Structured appraisal, automatic eligibility checks and live guarantor exposure.

Cashier / Teller

Manual deposit slips and slow end-of-day balancing.

Over-the-counter transactions posted straight to a balanced ledger with printed receipts.

Accountant & Auditor

Reconciling mobile money to the books line by line.

Automated reconciliation, period locking and a full immutable audit trail.

Member

Queueing at the branch to check a balance or request a statement.

A self-service portal with balances, statements, loan progress and instant receipts.

Ready to see SaccoSphere running your cooperative?

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