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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. |
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Taking Tiny Loans To The Next Level An idea, not a person, was the most powerful force in philanthropy in 2006. |
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Microfinance: America's Bank to the Poor Teams Up With H&R Block For-profit Grameen America will target under-banked. |
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Microfinance: Ready For Its Big Leap? Janie Barrera's nonprofit microfinance institution seeks out borrowers on the fringe of society, offering them not only small-business loans but also credit and business-development counseling. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Community Investing Special loan funds for underserved communities are popping up like condos. Now you can help clients jump into the lending pool. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A Loan But Not Alone Businesses give hope to third world entrepreneurs. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Good Deeds, Done Well The changes social entrepreneurship and microfinance are bringing to Buyobo, Africa are obvious and tangible |
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Are Banks Starting Another Race to the Bottom? Easier credit standards are being driven by competition to lend. |
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Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill. |
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Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out. |
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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. |
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Take Action Look to microlenders for funding. |
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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? |
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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. |
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Time Is Running Out for Student Borrowers Interest rates for student loan programs are expected to rise significantly on July 1, and that means the ultimate cost to borrowers will be going up. You can avoid this fiscal trouble, though, by consolidating your student loans. |
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Underbanked, Overlooked But Profitable: BS&T Summit Not all of the underbanked are subprime customers. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Get Record-Low Rates This is a great time to consolidate your student loans and save money. |
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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. |
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Microfinance Draws Mega Players Hedge funds, VCs, and other big investors are seeing the huge profit potential in tiny loans. |
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A Quiet Revolution in Chiapas Indigenous women in southern Mexico use credit to boost handicraft production and win new respect. |
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