The San Francisco company, the charitable giving arm of Charles Schwab Corp., said in launching its microfinance guarantee program last week that it that lets donors set aside a portion of their ...

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 ...

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 ...

LANCASTER - Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio has announced a program available to Fairfield County, after the organization expanded its service area to the county In a news release, Habitat 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...