industry microfinance founded 2005 founder oknha phou puy hao simorn headquarters phnom penh cambodia key people oknha phou puy hort bun son products individual loans number of employees 108 website http www.iprmfi.com intean poalroath rongroeurng ltd. ipr is a registered microfinance institution focused on the domestic agricultural sector in cambodia . ipr is headquartered in phnom penh cambodia 1 and operates six branch offices including several service post offices in five provinces kandal takeo pursat batdambang and banteay meanchey . 2 the company provides credit to farmers living in rural areas that are engaged in the production of rice cassava maize sesame and other agricultural related enterprises . 3 as of march 31 2012 ipr manages the 12th largest loan portfolio among registered micro finance institutions in cambodia . 4 history edit intean poalroath rongroeurng ltd. meaning credit population and prosperity in khmer was founded by mr. oknha phou puy and ms. hao simorn as a credit unit of the federation of cambodian rice millers associations to alleviate capital constraints of rice mill entrepreneurs who lacked access to credit to expand agricultural production . 5 ipr credit officer speaking with clients in takeo province cambodia in january 2005 the unit registered with the national bank of cambodia as a rural credit operator . in july of the same year the unit transformed into a private limited liability company and officially registered with the ministry of commerce under the name intean poalroath rongroeurng ltd or ipr . 6 a new permanent mfi license that took the capital increase into account was granted by the nbc on june 19 2009 . in 2010 the company s ownership underwent a significant change ; ms. hao simorn transferred her shares to mr. oknha phou puy and on december 31 2010 leopard cambodia fund cambodia s first private equity fund operated by frontier markets private equity firm leopard capital 7 took a minority stake in ipr through its hong kong based holding company ipr hk limited . 8 today ipr serves over 3 500 clients in more than 435 villages across cambodia and is currently a member of the cambodian microfinance association . references edit http www.microcapital.org microfinanceuniverse tiki index.php page intean poalroath rongroeurng ipr http www.iprmfi.com index.php en customer areas operational area http cma network.org drupal ipr http cma network.org drupal informationexchange http iprmfi.com index.php en about ipr company s background http www.mixmarket.org mfi ipr http www.leopardasia.com index.php option com content & view article & id 2 & itemid 3 http leopardcapital.com leopard cambodia investment portfolio.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ipr microfinance institution & oldid 700374527 categories microfinance companies of asiaprivately held companies of cambodiaphnom penhcompanies of cambodia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 18 january 2016 at 03 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view