What better way to draw attention to the power of microlending to lift millions out of poverty than this year’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus. Yunus and his ...

Greeted with applause, cheers and whistles that echoed off the ceiling of a packed McCosh 50, actress Natalie Portman spoke last night about helping the "poorest of the poor" through microlending.

In addition to crowdfunding, microlending is a possible alternative for small businesses seeking alternative forms of investment. Many entrepreneurs believe that microlending is only a funding option ...

Rachel Cook was working as a futures trader when she had a revelation: Making money is great, but helping others do so is better. After reading an article on how microloans can benefit businesswomen ...

Dec. 14, 2004–As microfinance continues to emerge as a means of alleviating poverty in developing countries, it has also become an attractive market for U.S.-based financial start-ups. Microfinance, ...

ON A shelf in Buland Iqbal’s tiny roadside shop, cassette tapes are slowly turning pale in the sun. Nobody wants them these days, even in a dusty suburb in one of India’s poorest states. So Mr Iqbal ...

EAST GRAND FORKS — A new lending program through the East Grand Forks Economic Development Authority will provide an opportunity for local businesses to receive funding for projects without needing to ...

Muhammed Yunis, an economics professor from Bangladesh, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for developing the idea of microfinance. His vision was to empower poor individuals, particularly women, by ...

Rochester, N.Y., used to be a company town. The city’s robust economy was driven by its largest employers: Kodak, Xerox and Bausch + Lomb. Kodak Tower dominated the Rochester skyline for more than 50 ...

Let’s talk about microlending. Most of us would agree that American society has an extremely skewed distribution of wealth, that a minority of people hold the majority of assets. Even in the middle ...