Jan 11,
2010
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Can Microfinance Make It in America?
Time Magazine
Feature on Grameen America and the challenges
and opportunities of microfinance in the U.S.
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Nov 15,
2009
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Microlending, From Bangladesh to the
Boroughs
The New York Times
A photo essay on Grameen America's borrowers
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Oct 20,
2009
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Revised Formula Puts 1 in 6 in Poverty
The Wall Street Journal
Data suggests that poverty in U.S. is far more
severe than previously estimated
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Oct 8,
2009
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The Banker to the Poor
Duke University
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to
speak at Duke University commencement.
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Oct 7,
2009
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The GOOD 100: Microfinance Comes to
America
GOOD Magazine
America is waking up to the power of "micro."
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Sep 28,
2009
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10 Questions for Muhammad Yunus
Time Magazine
Q&A with Professor Muhammad Yunus.
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Sep 25,
2009 |
Professor Yunus and Wesley Clark with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC
CNBC
Retired General Wesley Clark and Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, talk to CNBC from the Clinton Global Initiative.
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Aug 25,
2009 |
Micro-lender Considers Charlotte Branch
The Charlotte Observer
The N.Y.-based nonprofit bank has won praise and awards for making small loans to poor entrepreneurs.
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Aug 13,
2009 |
Helping Communities Through Microfinancing
FOX Business News
Grameen Bank Founder and Managing Director Professor Muhammad Yunus on lending to millions of entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world.
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Aug 13,
2009 |
Small loans, big impact
Omaha World-Herald
Tonya Ward of Omaha has wanted to start a nonprofit organization, Energy Rescue, for the past couple of years. Energy Rescue would provide assistance to people who couldn't afford their utility bills. But Ward, a single mother of two whose income falls below the poverty line, was unable to get a small bank loan to move her idea forward.
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Aug 12,
2009 |
Remarks by the President at the Medal of Freedom Ceremony
THE WHITE HOUSE - Office of the Press Secretary
THE PRESIDENT: There are many honors and privileges bestowed on the occupant of this house, but few mean as much to me as the chance to award America's highest civilian medal to the recipients that are here today.
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Apr 30,
2009 |
Nightly News with Brian Williams
NBC
Banker to the poor finds success making loans to the poor
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Apr 23,
2009 |
"Banker to the Poor" gives New York women a boost"
Reuters
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, known as the "banker to the poor" for making small loans in impoverished countries, is now doing business in the center of capitalism -- New York City.
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Apr 20,
2009 |
Can A Bangladeshi Bank Help Fix America's Financial System?
Newsweek
Blog post by Rana Foroohar, Senior Editor of Newsweek Magazine
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Apr 15,
2009 |
Grameen's Yunus Says Loan Repayment High During Crisis
Bloomberg TV
Muhammad Yunus talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about the success of microfinance and the repayment rate of microborrowers during the global recession and financial crisis.
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Mar 15,
2009 |
Tiempo
ABC
Joe Torres interviews Alethia Mendez, Center Manager for Grameen America
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Mar 12,
2009 |
Where to go for a loan when the bank says no
ABC
Vivian Giullon says reasonable prices keeps her customers coming back. She opened her small store on National Street in Corona, Queens about four months ago. She sells clothes, purses and trinkets.
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Feb 27,
2009 |
Microlending is no small deal
PUBLIC RADIO
At a time when many banks are reeling from the hit they took on subprime mortgages, one New York institution has no problem collecting on its loans. Joel Rose reports on tiny bank loans making a big impact.
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Feb 14,
2009 |
Poor People's Bank Thrives
CNN
A bank that helps poor people in the Third World now in the U.S. CNN's Susan Lisovicz reports.
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Feb 5,
2009 |
The Subprime Nobel
CNBC
CNBC's Margaret Brennan looks at a savings bank - run by Nobel Prize winner Muhammed Yunus - that lends to people with no credit.
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Jan 30,
2009 |
Banking to the Unbanked
CNBC
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus on microfinance and its success in changing the lives of the world's poor.
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Jan 27,
2009 |
Creating a World Without Poverty
WNYC
Nobel Laureate Mohamad Yunus says that creative, socially-conscious approaches to business can both reinvigorate capitalism and help eliminate global poverty. His new book is Creating a World Without Poverty. More |
Nov 27,
2008 |
Grameen Bank helping Americans Survive the Credit Crunch
BBC World Service
Tara Gadomski reports from New York on the bank from Bangladesh that's helping Americans survive the credit crunch. Listen |
Nov 19,
2008 |
A Milestone for 'Microloans' in Queens
The New York Times
When Desiree Small handed carnations to Emily Medina, her banker, to thank her for helping to expand Ms. Small’s gift-basket business, the crowd in Jackson Heights, Queens, erupted with applause. Read |
Nov 16,
2008 |
Grameen America Lending Women a Hand with Small Business Loans
NY Daily News
After 11 months - and much doubt about its potential for success - a Queens group that lends money to the poorest New Yorkers has hit the $1 million mark Read |
Sept 12,
2008 |
Micro-Lending Comes to New York City
Voice of America
The banking system that helps poor women in Bangladesh has come to America and it is helping women Read |
May 22,
2008 |
Concept for World's Poor Aids Richest Nation on Earth
CNN
A bank operating on a concept that has lifted thousands of people out of grinding poverty in the developing world has set its sights on helping the poverty-stricken in America Read |
May 22,
2008 |
Banker to the Poor Arrives in NYC
CNN
CNN covers Professor Yunus' inauguration of Grameen America and lending activities in Queens See Video |
May 15,
2008 |
Nobel Laureate Sees Promise in Loans
NPR
More than three decades ago, economics Professor Muhammad Yunus started The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Now he's bringing its principles of micro-lending to the U.S., with a new branch in Queens, N.Y. Read |
May 5,
2008 |
US Gets Grameen Micro-Credit Bank
Al Jazeera
Grameen Bank, the micro-credit financier initially set up to help the poorest in Bangladesh, has opened its first branch in the United States Read |
May 2,
2008 |
Microlending in Queens
CBC Radio
It might surprise some people that a bank from the developing world would open a branch in New York City. But it's the mission of the Grameen Bank to find people who can't get traditional loans -- wherever they may be Read |
May 1,
2008 |
Bankers for the Unbanked
NPR - Brian Lehrer
Last month, microcredit lender Grameen Bank brought its unique style of lending to Queen’s mainly immigrant neighborhood of Jackson Heights Read |
April 29,
2008 |
Will Bangladeshi-Style Microlending Work in Queens
New York Times - City Room
Wall Street may well be a global center of finance, with billions of dollars in capital flowing back and forth each day Read |
April 26,
2008 |
Grameen Bank Opens in Queens
WNYC Radio
With a jumbo pair of scissors and a big round of applause, Dr. Muhammad Yunus officially opened Grameen America in Jackson Heights Friday Read |
April 1,
2008 |
Grameen Bank Helps Struggling Women in Queens
WNYC
Late last year, Grameen America opened its doors in Queens and the lender has already made loans to more than 100 women Read |
April 1,
2008 |
Lending Plan Won Prize, but Will It Work Here?
New York Times
Grameen America, in Queens, is the international organization’s first United States venture Read |
March 20,
2008 |
Nobel winner lends a helping hand in Jackson Hts
Forest Hills Ledger
Grameen America, an offshoot of Grameen Bank, opened its pioneer branch in November in a heavily South Asian area on 74th Street Read |
March 10,
2008 |
Small Loans, Significant Impact
Washington Post
After Success in Poor Nations, Grameen Bank Tries New York Read |
February 26,
2008 |
PODER Magazine Announces First-Ever Philanthropy Forum Dedicated
Earthtimes
Bangladeshi banker, economist and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2006 for his work with the Grameen Bank Read |
February 18,
2008 |
Bangladesh Brings Grameen Bank Concept to US
AHN
Grameen America will offer micro loans to Americans who do not have bank accounts, which is estimated to reach 28 million in the world's richest nation Read |
February 15,
2008 |
Yunus takes microfinance to New York
Financial Times
On the second floor of a run-down building in Queens, squeezed between a sari boutique and a tiny store selling Bollywood DVDs Read |
February 16,
2008 |
Poor Americans who are treated as second-class citizens
India Daily
It is not race, religion or anything as such. Rich Americans have deprived the poor and created a national infrastructure of economic slavery. In a capitalist nation Read |
January 23,
2008 |
Commentary Muhammad Yunus, Forbes
The process of imagining a future world of our liking is a major missing element in our education system Read |
October 18,
2007 |
Father of microloans sees end to poverty
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It has spread to the US, where Grameen America is applying the concepts in an immigrant neighborhood in Queens in New York City Read |
September 28,
2007 |
Experian Establishes Unique Data Reporting Relationship With Grameen America
Earthtimes
Experian(R), a global information services company, today announced the two companies have established a unique data reporting relationship to support Grameen America's business Read |
May 19,
2007 |
Hillary, Yunus talks on Grameen America in US
The New Nation
With a view to establishing "Grameen America," a bank for the poor in the United States, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus held talks in Washington on May 17 Read |
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