The First MicroFinance Bank Afghanistan (FMFB-A) sought to consolidate its position as Afghanistan’s leading microfinance institution, recording 27 percent growth in the number of loans outstanding in 2012. FMFB-A is currently the largest microfinance institution in Afghanistan in terms of outstanding portfolio size with US$ 69.7 million in microfinance loans and US$ 11.7 million in small and medium enterprise (SME) loans in 2012.