Katherine Hunt advises GlobalSisters on social impact measurement from their enterprise training programs. The Grameen Bank, a pioneer in lending to the financially vulnerable in the developing world, ...

At this stage it appears the government of Bangladesh has been successful in its campaign to oust Mohammed Yunus from his post as chairman of Grameen Bank. The future of Grameen Bank is now in ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, joins us for an extended interview on microfinance, the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 12, 2007 - Grameen Foundation, a leader in microfinance, today announced that its Growth Guarantee program has crossed an important milestone in its drive to foster ...

IBM and Grameen Foundation today announced a collaborative project to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) better serve poor communities around the world by expanding Mifos, Grameen Foundation's open ...

Washington, D.C.--Grameen Foundation, a leading global microfinance organization, today announced it has received a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support its work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. About 11 years ago, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus ...

Muhammad Yunus envisions a world where there is no need for payday lenders or pawnshops and everyone has equal access to credit. That might sound unrealistic, but Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace ...

The board of the Grameen Bank is meeting today in Dhaka to decide the future of its founder, Muhammad Yunus. Revered as one of the founders of microfinance, Yunus won a Nobel Prize in 2006 for his ...

Grameen America is upping its game in impact investing. That’s potentially especially good news for low-income women looking for microloans to jump-start a business. The microfinance organization just ...

The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some of the world's poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate of nearly ...

The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus this month may provide a lift to the already rapidly growing field of microfinance, and bring financial services to a ...