Since Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microfinance, which provides very small loans to poor people, the popularity of the practice has surged, with many commercial banks ...

In the first year of the Schwab Charitable Microfinance Guarantee Program, donors set aside $10-million from their gift funds to guarantee small loans to poor entrepreneurs in developing countries. As ...

An event was organised under the auspices of Akhuwat in the WAPDA Town area of Lahore, which was attended by Akhuwat’s donors ...

A new microfinance loan program from Schwab Charitable allows investors to double-dip their charitable giving assets. The San Francisco company, the charitable giving arm of Charles Schwab Corp., said ...

Brac has become the only organization in Bangladesh to receive the prestigious Client Protection Certification (CPC) Gold, in recognition of its commitment to ensuring maximum protection for clients.

The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Summer 2016), pp. 305-318 (14 pages) Although the microfinance movement has developed rapidly in Bangladesh over the last three decades, there has been ...

Microfinance has been touted as a miracle cure for poverty in the global south. The reality has been a lot messier. Illustration by Adrià Fruitós. Yabom was lucky. She heard a flat tone, then an ...