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The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
A Helping Hand Mohammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize last week for pursuing a revolutionary idea -- that the poorest of the poor can help themselves to self-employment with tiny loans.   |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005
Jeffrey Gangemi |
Muhammad Yunus: Microcredit Missionary This economics professor wasn't afraid to turn the rules of banking upside down. As a result, he inspired a whole category of lending and propelled to the top of a powerful financial institution. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Laura Thompson Osuri |
Coming to America Grameen, one of the world s best-known microlenders, is out to prove that small loans can make a difference for the poor in developed countries, too. |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005 |
Can Technology Eliminate Poverty? Grameen Bank Founder Muhammad Yunus thinks so. And he explains why changing the world is a lot more fun than just making money. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Ina Kota |
Microfinance: Banking for the Poor Although microfinance appears to be a promising way to provide financial services to the poor, there is considerable debate about its future. |
Fast Company
September 1, 2007
Richard Shaffer |
Unplanned Obsolescence Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty, and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: The program is not working anymore. |
U.S. Banker
July 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
Microfinance: America's Bank to the Poor Teams Up With H&R Block For-profit Grameen America will target under-banked. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
This Is What Just $100 Can Do Never think you don't have enough to invest in a stock that grows over the years. |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006
Jay Greene |
Taking Tiny Loans To The Next Level An idea, not a person, was the most powerful force in philanthropy in 2006. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
A Little Investment Can Save You Small sums like stock dividends can add up and can save your financial skin -- just as a few dollars can save a destitute family in Bangladesh. |
BusinessWeek
November 27, 2006 |
A Big Stage For Small Loans Muhammad Yunus hopes to use his new-found status to get world governments behind microfinance. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn |
College Loans Say Uncle The new law excluding banks from making federal education loans should be a PLUS for borrowers who can now turn to the Bank of Uncle Sam. |
Reason
April 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Loan Arrangers A newly booming website, kiva.org, has made microlending more accessible by collating small individual contributions into larger loans. The non-profit connects people willing to invest small sums directly with entrepreneurial projects in the Third World. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Carole Moore |
A Loan But Not Alone Businesses give hope to third world entrepreneurs. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Find the Right Student Loan College loans come in many varieties. Some have very attractive provisions and guarantees, but others can spell trouble for even the most responsible young adults. |
IDB America
February 2006
Roger Hamilton |
A Quiet Revolution in Chiapas Indigenous women in southern Mexico use credit to boost handicraft production and win new respect. |
IDB America
February 2006 |
Tough Love Brings Microfinance Success An interview highlighting how an Inter-American Development Bank official and a Mexico-based microfinance organization director turn from sparring partners to each other's biggest fans. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Raghuram Rajan |
Separate and Unequal Instead of focusing on microcredit for the poor, we should make financial services available to all. On that path lies the possibility of a true, and large-scale, escape from poverty. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
David A. Twibell |
Community Investing Special loan funds for underserved communities are popping up like condos. Now you can help clients jump into the lending pool. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2009
Ron Cordes |
Good Deeds, Done Well The changes social entrepreneurship and microfinance are bringing to Buyobo, Africa are obvious and tangible |
Registered Rep.
August 24, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Tackling Student Debt Because high levels of student loan debt are far more common than they used to be, you should expect queries from clients about how to minimize their own balances, in addition to those of their grown children. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Are Banks Starting Another Race to the Bottom? Easier credit standards are being driven by competition to lend. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2008 |
Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Falling Into the Subprime Trap If any good comes from the bursting of the housing bubble, it will be that homeowners and borrowers may act more responsibly about buying property and taking on mortgage debt. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Pay Less on Your Student Loans Should you consolidate your loans? Take the time to understand all the pros and cons before you choose what to do. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Get Record-Low Rates This is a great time to consolidate your student loans and save money. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Small-Cap Charities, Huge Benefits Small, for-profit companies aren't the only investments offering possible blowout results. Small charities can pack a real punch, too. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 30, 2007 |
BS&T Web Banking Is All About Relationships... M&A Activity: The Key to Survival for Bank Tech Cos... Senator CIO?... Comprehensive Banking Solutions Briefing Center... etc. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 4, 2007
Garry Emmons |
The Business of Global Poverty What role should business play as the world confronts what may be the most explosive socioeconomic challenge of the new century? |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn |
Seeing Red Sallie Mae, the leading lender to college students, reported a $1.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sallie Mae isn't the only student lender that has been bloodied recently. Students and parents need to be cautious when looking for student loans. |
BusinessWeek
May 6, 2010
Bruce Einhorn |
A Microfinance IPO in India SKS, India's top lender to the poor, may trigger a spate of IPOs in microlending - though how much the poor would benefit is an open question. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2010
Ron Cordes |
Impact Investing Microbank investments have returned a consistent 6% annually over the past three years. What's more, the loans those obscure little banks made have enabled entrepreneurs living in some of the world's least developed countries to start or expand small businesses. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
College Refinancing 101 After the gold rush of mid-2006, consolidating old student loans is no longer a slam dunk. Here's what financial planners can do to help. |
Fast Company
November 1, 2007 |
Feedback Savior or Sellout?... Hear This!... A Corporate Education... etc. |
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2006
Aaron Pressman |
Student Loans: Outflank The Hikes Ahead Student loan interest rates are going up on June 30, but there are ways to cushion the blow. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Ruth David |
No Passage Out of India for Private Equity New regulations and caps on interest rates have made the sector less appetizing for private equity investors. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000 |
Books Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation... The Lexus and the Olive Tree... Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty... The Future of the Electronic Marketplace... The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy... Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund, Second Edition... |
Reason
March 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Kevin McKinley |
College Credit Parents reluctantly turn to public and private education loans. Their reticence is unfounded though, because it's much better to borrow money to pay for college than to not go at all. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 21, 2008
Orla O'Sullivan |
Underbanked, Overlooked But Profitable: BS&T Summit Not all of the underbanked are subprime customers. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2006
Sibley Fleming |
Empowering Women The Commercial Real Estate Women Foundation's career program introduces teenage girls to the various career paths open to them in commercial real estate. |
