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India's Kotak Mahindra to buy microfinance lender Sonata Finance for $65 million
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoBENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Kotak Mahindra Bank said on Friday it would acquire Sonata Finance Pvt...
Accion's new $152.5M fund will back financial institutions serving small businesses globally
TechCrunch· 2 weeks agoAccion, a global nonprofit, announced on Tuesday the launch of the Accion Digital Transformation...
US-based fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenya's Daraja microfinance bank
TechCrunch· 2 years agoUmba, a U.S.-based digital bank with a focus on emerging markets, has acquired a majority share of...
Amount of loans issued by microfinance organizations down by 12 times in Ukraine
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe amount of loans granted by microfinance organizations (MFO) is more than 12 times less than the...
Charlie Javice has been fooling the world for years, long before founding Frank or allegedly...
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoCharlie Javice; Arif Qazi/Insider Investors and media billed Charlie Javice as a groundbreaking...
What next for the UN aid agency ‘mutually dependent’ on Hamas?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoUNRWA delivers everything in Gaza from education, healthcare, social services, infrastructure and...
Ukraine to fight microfinance loan sharks, central bank says
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe National Bank of Ukraine is preparing to target microfinance lending sharks preying on Ukraine’s...
The mysterious millennial founder accused of fooling JPMorgan to the tune of $175 million
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoIn the spring of 2009, Howard Finkelstein, an attorney who advises startups, first met Charlie...
Ukrainians take more microloans following Russia’s full-scale invasion
The New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAbout 13% of Ukraine’s adult population uses microfinance services, with the proportion of borrowers...
The Nobel-winning banker behind the microfinance movement faces six months in jail, and supporters...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoThe Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, is credited with lifting millions out of...