estimated 74 million people held microloans that totaled nearly US$40 billion. Grameen Bank reports that repayment success rates are between 95 and 98 percent...

Akij Bashundhara Group Beximco City Group Concord Group Confidence Group Grameen Habib Group KDS Group M. M. Ispahani Limited Nasir Group Nassa Group Navana...

Bilbao, Spain Banco BPM, Milan, Italy Banco BISA, La Paz, Bolivia Banco BMG, São Paulo, Brazil Banco Bradesco, São Paulo, Brazil Banco Caboverdiano de...

role in an economy. Grameen Bank in Bangladesh has successfully followed this business model. In Mexico the banks Compartamos and Banco Azteca also service...

Creative Peripherals and Distribution Limited NSE: CREDITACC CreditAccess Grameen Limited NSE: CREST Crest Ventures Limited NSE: CRISIL CRISIL Limited NSE: CROMPTON...

Equitable Bank forming Equitable PCI Bank, which in turn was acquired by Banco de Oro in 2006) and Family Savings Bank to Bank of the Philippine Islands...

modern use of the expression "microfinancing" has roots in the 1970s when Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, founded by microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus, was...

focus on small business lending. In 2006, Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his ideas regarding development...

they were used to expand existing businesses. Tazul Islam argues that the Grameen Bank does not reach the poorest, since the clients of the bank tend to...

Chartered Bank State Bank of India Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Krishi Bank Grameen Bank Sonali Bank Janata Bank Rupali Bank Bangladesh Development Bank Limited...

Bank  Italy Banco BPM Intesa Sanpaolo  Nigeria Access Bank  Norway DNB Bank  Portugal Caixa Geral de Depositos  Russia Gazprombank  Spain Banco Bilbao Vizcaya...

loans for its entrepreneurs through various banks including the Banco de Dessarrollo, Banco Santander, and the Women's World Banking FINAM. For its efforts...

from the Guasmo of Guayaquil). This organization, which works with the Grameen Methodology, still works today and has expanded considerably. Patiño was...

prominence in the 1990s, culminating in a Nobel Peace Prize for Bangaldeshi NGO Grameen Bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, in 2006. Beginning in 2005, Banerjee...