Lately, microfinance has been attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship started off here March 30 with a discussion of what lessons social ...

Veena Mankar, a banker in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India, looked at the slums in her city and wondered why needy people in urban areas could not benefit from the same access to loans and other ...

Jennifer Lopez on Thursday announced she will partner with microfinance organization Grameen America as a part of the organization’s latest efforts to empower Latina entrepreneurs—who research has ...

HBS and the leading microfinance organization ACCION International collaborated on an Executive Education custom program for leaders of organizations that make small loans to poor entrepreneurs, ...

Juan Gonzalez (COL ’15) spent an enlightening semester in India working with microfinance. Not many people consider the slums of Pune, India, to be their desired study-abroad destination. But College ...

When PAULINE NDIRANGU who is in her late 30s joined Faulu Kenya 15 years ago, the term microfinance was alien to many. Today, thanks to her efforts, Kenyans understand the term more and many have ...

HOUSTON, March 7, 2022 – In partnership with the India Studies program at the University of Houston, Asia Society Texas welcomed three experts to discuss the microfinance industry in urban India, ...

HYDERABAD: In a landmark move for Pakistan’s microfinance sector, SAFCO Microfinance Company (SMCL) has announced ...