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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.   |
U.S. Banker
September 2009
Joseph Rosta |
Trickle-Down Effect MFIs are shaken by liquidity and credit-quality concerns, but remain healthy. So as loans decline, they can still help existing clients. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Eric Uhlfelder |
Micro Loans, Solid Returns Microfinance funds lend small amounts to the poor in developing nations to help them launch small enterprises. Investors benefit from these funds. |
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. |
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. |
IDB America
March 2003
Charo Quesada |
Microlenders make the grade Why microfinance institutions are volunteering to be audited and rated based on criteria from the world of commercial banking |
BusinessWeek
July 9, 2007
Keith Epstein |
Microfinance Draws Mega Players Hedge funds, VCs, and other big investors are seeing the huge profit potential in tiny loans. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Ruth David |
Worrying Signs in India's Microfinance Boom As IPOs of some of India's microfinance companies near, there are fears of rising defaults among poor borrowers. |
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
September 1, 2010
Ron Cordes |
Making an Impact An overview of the impact investment landscape and discussion of specific types of impact investments that advisors can review and potentially begin offering to their clients. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Manjeet Kripalani |
Tiny Loans, High Finance Microfinance institutions have been making loans in India since the 1980s -- with near-zero default rate. Now the women of Pothaipalli are linking up with global capital markets. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Carole Moore |
A Loan But Not Alone Businesses give hope to third world entrepreneurs. |
Fast Company
December 2008
Jennifer Vilaga |
Mercy Corps: The Bank of Banks The Oregon-based antipoverty group Mercy Corps bought a struggling Balinese bank and reopened it as a wholesale outfit exclusively serving microfinance institutions. |
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
November 2009
Marissa Fajt |
Credit Where Credit Is Due: How to Reach Hispanics Listen up bankers. A specialty finance firm in California is winning over unbanked consumers with simple, small-dollar loans. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com
March 4, 2001
Luis Rodrigues |
The Truth About Bank Loans When the time comes to borrow money from the bank to buy a house, a car or start a business, people still get extremely stressed about meeting with the banking loans officer... |
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 |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2007
Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
Inc.
September 2003
Amy Gunderson |
Banks May Sell Off Your Loans A secondary market for small-business loans could benefit entrepreneurs. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 11, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Kiva Looks to Bring Microlending to U.S. Entrepreneurs Kiva is gaining traction in the U.S. as an alternative loan source for small business owners in need of funding. |
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
December 1, 2006
Christensen et al. |
Bankable Assets Africa faces many obstacles in developing financial systems. New markets and institutions need to be able to flourish. |
Entrepreneur
July 2009
Jennie Dorris |
Sharing the Micro Wealth Kiva.org connects people making microloans to entrepreneurs around the world. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 4, 2014 |
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering Lending to small businesses has not returned to levels seen before the financial crisis. Karen Mills, former head of the US Small Business Administration, explains the reasons. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Kristen French |
The Lending Squeeze The tightening credit conditions is causing some financial advisors to have trouble getting loans for clients. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Why Big Banks Are Cheap Loans dropping; watch out below! |
FDIC FYI
August 29, 2002 |
Strong Bank Earnings Reflect Nature of U.S. Downturn Second quarter 2002 earnings results for commercial banks show that the benefits of a steep yield curve continue to outweigh the costs of higher credit losses. |
Entrepreneur
November 2006
Rosalind Resnick |
Take Action Look to microlenders for funding. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 28, 2004
Martha Lagace |
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor Microfinance is not a magic ticket out of poverty, but it can help both the loan receiver as well as the loan giver, says Harvard Business School's Michael Chu. |
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. |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
FDIC FYI
June 3, 2002 |
Favorable Interest-Rate Environment Drives Record First-Quarter Bank Earnings Commercial banks earned a record $21.7 billion in the first quarter of 2002, besting the previous quarterly earnings record set in the first quarter of 2001 by 9.6 percent. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 21, 2014 |
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy? A former head of the US Small Business Administration, analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2009 |
The SBA's Karen Mills on Thawing Credit How the Administrator of the Small Business Administration says her agency is helping get banks to lend to small business again. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
SEC Fears Banks Are Putting Lipstick on Piggish Loans Are overvalued real estate loans inflating the book value of your bank? |
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. |
IDB America
May 2004 |
MIF Helps Microlenders to Enter Remittances Market The new program will help five Latin American institutions analyze their potential for handling remittances, draft business plans to enter those markets, acquire the necessary technological infrastructure and develop new financial products and services for their entrepreneurial clients. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2008 |
Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out. |
IDB America
July 2004
Enrique V. Iglesias |
Intel Was Once a Start-up Latin America's microentrepreneurs deserve more attention---and assistance. These kinds of investments can yield big payoffs for society. |
Fast Company
February 1, 2007
David Axe |
Digging Out The idea of putting people to work in Iraq was largely neglected after the invasion. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one British army captain's VC strategy might help fill the void. |
