Some of Grameen's troubles stem from a 1998 flood, and others from the bank's own success. Imitators have brought more competition, making it harder for Grameen to control its borrowers. The bank ...

It would be easy, and wrong, to dismiss this as a tempest in a teapot. Beyond its role in pioneering microfinance and poverty-reduction programs that have now been adopted worldwide, Grameen Bank ...

Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, cuts the ribbon at the U.S. Training Institute's opening. $1,500 can go a long way for aspiring entrepreneurs. And it's about to be easier for women to get ...

Most of the Grameen Bank's 1,140 branches are profitable, albeit marginally. At the end of last year Grameen had $450 million in assets; for the year it managed to earn only $200,000.

From this tiny experience, Grameen Bank was born. Over the course of three decades, through this bank, we lent to more than 8.4 million borrowers in Bangladesh, giving them fair loans and a fair ...

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 ...

Bangladesh's cabinet has approved the draft of a new law that will give the country's central bank closer control over Grameen Bank, raising the stakes in a long-running dispute with the microlender.

Grameen Bank Expands Into America Published Jul 07, 2010 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Jul 08, 2010 at 10:13 AM EDT By Rana Foroohar Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member ...

Bangladesh’s central bank removed the 71-year-old Yunus as Grameen’s managing director earlier this month after finding he violated retirement laws.

Prof Muhammad Yunus says there was no failure in the running of Grameen Bank to warrant an investigation, and he questions the need for a commission of inquiry.When Taslima Begum, a housewife ...

“The Grameen Bank Commission is expected to submit its report on September 30,” said minister. The Bangladesh Bank removed Grameen Bank’s founding managing director Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in ...

Launched 10 years ago in New York City, Grameen America is an offshoot of the venerable Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank, founded in the 1970’s by Pulitzer-prize winner Muhammad Yunus to provide ...