Business professionals and microfinance practitioners go into training for a number of reasons: they want to keep abreast of developments in the industry, they want to develop themselves to their full potentials, and they want to be able to make sound decisions based on solid principles.

The San Leonardo Credit Training Center, yet another program in the New Rural Bank of San Leonardo's long list of pro-poor, community development programs, offers a comprehensive array of courses designed for microfinance practitioners. The following are the regular and special course offerings of the Center:

Regular courses:

• Credit Management Course (2 weeks) - a comprehensive training program on the fundamentals of sound Credit Managemen
• Microfinance Training Program (2 months) - a detailed program providing the basics of microfinance, ideal for the microfinance practitioners with a heart for the enterprising poor.

Special courses:

• The NRBSL Asset Conversion Cycle Lending Rationale (2 days) - cash-flow lending taken in a better light, to give participants valuable insight into asset conversion.
• Credit Investigation Work (5 days) - this course covers the various aspects of Credit Investigation, from threshold tests involving ocular visits, neighborhood checks, court and bank checks.
• Property Appraisal (3 days) - a guide on generally accepted procedures for property valuation and appraisal.
• Repayment Management (5 days) - a course designed to help participants reinforce their skills and knowledge in the preventive strategies of repayment management, collection methods, tools, procedures.
• Para-legal Training (2 days) - a complete guide to documentation, review, and legal remedies available to the microfinance practitioner.