Learn about U.S. Microfinance
What started as a way to give people in impoverished countries the means to improve their quality of life has become an attractive lending option for small business owners seeking quick cash. Microloans, which are...
ACCION USA would like to recognize Citi for their unwavering support of ACCION USA's mission to empower small business entrepreneurs with access to capital and education. In August 2011, Citi Foundation donated...
Showing startups the money Even before the credit crunch, the smallest of small businesses had trouble getting loans. The reasons why are many: Sometimes traditional lenders view them as too risky, or the credit...
In its first year, Kiva, a non-profit microlending organization, helped fund a spinach farmer in Cambodia, a hot dog stand man in Nicaragua, a carpenter in Gaza, a bee keeper in Ghana, and a fish seller in Uganda....
If there's something unsettling about having Detroit pioneer a U.S. variant of micro-lending programs best known for helping to foment entrepreneurship in Bangladesh and other third-world countries, so be it. We...
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