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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A decade ago, Unitus set out to accelerate the commercial investment in microfinance—to prove that banks and other investors could earn a return on their loans while helping impoverished people move ...

The Global Banking & Finance Review Awards Program has officially opened nominations for Best New Micro Finance Bank 2026, ...

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 ...

The Global Banking & Finance Review Awards Program has officially opened nominations for Best Islamic Micro Finance Bank 2026 ...

Microfinance has been touted as a miracle cure for poverty in the global south. The reality has been a lot messier. Illustration by Adrià Fruitós. Yabom was lucky. She heard a flat tone, then an ...