Despite the sour economy, organizations that use the Internet to make microloans appear to be thriving, reports The Wallet, a Wall Street Journal blog on personal finance. Several nonprofit and ...

What better way to draw attention to the power of microlending to lift millions out of poverty than this year’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus. Yunus and his ...

Since not all entrepreneurs are independently wealthy or have the credit history needed to be approved for a bank loan, and since racking up credit card debt may not be the wisest option, how does an ...

Rachel Cook was working as a futures trader when she had a revelation: Making money is great, but helping others do so is better. After reading an article on how microloans can benefit businesswomen ...

Rochester, N.Y., used to be a company town. The city’s robust economy was driven by its largest employers: Kodak, Xerox and Bausch + Lomb. Kodak Tower dominated the Rochester skyline for more than 50 ...

EAST GRAND FORKS — A new lending program through the East Grand Forks Economic Development Authority will provide an opportunity for local businesses to receive funding for projects without needing to ...

After resigning as Avon's CEO nearly six years ago, Andrea Jung changed the direction of her career and in 2014 became president and CEO of Grameen America. The nonprofit lender specializes in small ...

Dec. 14, 2004–As microfinance continues to emerge as a means of alleviating poverty in developing countries, it has also become an attractive market for U.S.-based financial start-ups. Microfinance, ...

It's been called crowdfunding, micropatronage, microlending, and micro-VC. But it's the new way to invest and to receive capital: customers and investors willing to pay small amounts of money to ...

Brett Mennella, a senior at Bellevue High School (at right), helped start the school’s Microfinance Club, which focuses on learning about the global effect of microcredit. The club raised more than ...

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Jessica Jackley was a liberal arts major who stumbled her way into the Stanford MBA program. Philosophy and business came together for her in 2005 when she helped start Kiva, the world’s first person- ...