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Digital records and controls for your cooperative

Watch the short demo, then see the real screens your officers and members use.

1½-minute demo of SmartCoop, recorded with a sample cooperative.

Many cooperatives still depend on paper records

And paper makes the most important jobs slow and risky.

1

Records can be altered

Passbooks and cards can be changed or duplicated, and errors are found too late.

2

Reconciliation takes days

Totals are added by hand at month-end, and differences are hard to trace.

3

Members cannot see their balance

Members must visit or call to confirm savings and loan balances, which creates disputes.

4

Reports are slow to prepare

Financial statements for AGMs take weeks.

From paper records to a real system, in five steps

Onboarding is designed to take days, not months.

1

Set up your cooperative

Your organisation gets its own private space in SmartCoop — your data is never mixed with anyone else's.

2

Add your members

Bring in existing members with their historical balances intact — nobody starts over at zero.

3

Record savings and transactions

Every deposit and withdrawal posts as a real transaction the moment it happens at the counter.

4

Manage loans and repayments

Disbursement, interest and repayment tracked against each member — outstanding balances always visible.

5

Monitor finances and generate reports

Real-time reports — trial balance, balance sheet, profit & loss — ready whenever your board needs them.

See the real screens

Every picture below is a real SmartCoop screen, shown with sample data. Tap a picture to open it full size.

SmartCoop dashboard showing members, savings, share capital, loans and overdue amounts

Leaders see the cooperative's position at a glance

  • Members and savings: total members, savings and share capital, always current.
  • Loans and repayments: money lent, repaid and still outstanding.
  • Overdue accounts: overdue loans and amounts flagged immediately.
SmartCoop member list with account numbers

Every member's record in one place

  • Complete member profiles: name, phone, address and an account number for every member.
  • Full history: statements show every deposit, withdrawal and loan.
  • Member portal: members can be given their own login to check balances.
  • Bring existing records: member lists can be uploaded in bulk from a spreadsheet.
SmartCoop deposit records

Savings are recorded as traceable transactions

  • Every deposit recorded: amount, member, method and date, entered by a named staff member.
  • Nothing hidden: every transaction can be searched and exported.
  • Balances always agree: member balances are calculated from the transactions, not typed in.
SmartCoop withdrawal approval list Director's list of items waiting for authorisation

Money does not leave without approval

  • Separation of duties: the teller records the request; a manager or the Director approves it before money is paid.
  • Final approval for the Director: loans wait for the Director's final decision.
  • Fraud is harder to hide: every action is linked to a named user, with date and time.
SmartCoop loan report with an overdue loan highlighted

Loans tracked from payout to final repayment

  • Interest calculated: total due and remaining interest worked out for every loan.
  • Progress per loan: amount repaid and percentage complete at a glance.
  • Overdue highlighted: late loans are marked in red so they are followed up.
SmartCoop balance sheet marked Balanced

The books balance automatically

  • Double-entry accounting runs behind every transaction.
  • Balance sheet, trial balance and income statement are ready at any time, for the board and the AGM.
  • No month-end adding up by hand.

Real SmartCoop screens, shown with sample data. No cooperative's records are displayed.

The right access for every role

Each person sees only what their role allows. Larger cooperatives can also run several branches under one account.

D

President / Director

Oversight and final approval

M

Manager

Runs daily operations and approves

T

Teller

Records deposits and requests

M

Member

Checks their own balance in the portal

Built by a banker, already in daily use

Bolaji Abosede, Founder

  • 10 years in banking
  • HND Statistics; BSc Computer Science
  • Designed SmartCoop around how Nigerian cooperatives actually run: savings, thrift, loans and member trust

In daily use

A cooperative already runs its members' savings, withdrawals and loans on SmartCoop every working day, with tellers and managers each using their own login.

Ready to get set up?

Start on your own, or book a free demo and we will walk you through it.

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