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 ...

BlueOrchard Finance, a Switzerland-based impact investment manager, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have entered a $50 million risk-sharing agreement for microfinance coverage in ADB’s developing ...

FORTY-SEVEN members of The Villagers of San Roque Association in Barangay San Roque, Liloan, Southern Leyte collectively agreed to practice regular savings, which generated more than P180,000 in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Within the scope of the annual free microfinance, Salaam Somali Bank has put a smile on the faces of small business owners in the Afgoye district of the southern agriculture-rich Lower Shabelle ...

Toronto, ON, May 14, 2008 – The MasterCard Foundation launched its Scholars Program today by awarding grants totaling $600,000 to six leading microfinance training institutes. The program will fund ...

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