Microcredit in the US

Feb 24, 2009 — Sokoloff and Powell are among thousands of Americans using microcredit, a financing system originated in the Third World, to help open small businesses or get through rough spots. While the dollar amounts are much bigger in the U. S. than the tiny loans in developing countries — some for less than [...]

LendtoEndPoverty Launched

Jan. 28, 2009 — ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today formally announced that its ‘Lend to End Poverty’ campaign and petition, calling on economic leaders to promote and prioritize microfinance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2009, crossed the 20,000 signature mark in advance of the WEF opening today in [...]

Microfinance: Ready For Its Big Leap?

Microfinance: Ready For Its Big Leap? As the CEO of Accion Texas, Janie Barrera has plenty of lending success stories to tell. There’s the Colombian woman in Dallas who launched a translation business, and today counts the likes of 3M and Southwest Airlines as clients. Or the African-American man in Houston whose idea of…(full article)

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 26, 2009 — After more than five years of joint work providing U.S. entrepreneurs with small business loans, microfinance organizations ACCION USA and ACCION New York have announced that they have combined operations. Through combined technology, back-office functions, and fundraising efforts, the unified organization will be able to provide microloans [...]

HBS-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance

Harvard Business School-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance