Microlending companies yearn for more cooperation with banks in jointly offering loans to small businesses and rural households or in assisting banks in microfinance, said Liu Dongwen, the CEO of ...

Microlending has gone from being the silver bullet to end poverty, to the poor man’s snare, to largely ignored. It would be better to think of it as a vital work in progress.

New rules intended to rein in China’s booming microlending market may force a number of online platforms out of business, but analysts say it will do little to curb rising household debt, nor ...

Much of the country’s microlending industry has grown on the back of China’s massive mobile phone user base; China’s tech giants have been able to apply their AI and big data capabilities to ...

NEW YORK, October 25, 2010 - Alex Counts and Vikram Akula debate whether a for-profit approach can improve microlending, with Niki Armacost acting as moderator. (1 hr., 29 min.) Read the program ...

Peer-to-peer microlending is a model where the site connects individuals who provide small-size loans to businesses in need. For more business financing tips Guide to Using Microlending to Fund a ...

Microlending shows that villagers and slum-dwellers are pretty good judges of each others’ finances. But their phones often know more about them than their neighbours do.

Michelle Matta has had her own promotional products company, A Turtle Loves Me, since 2007. She has used microloans to build her profitable home-based company. Michelle Matta had never heard of ...

If you think "microlending" is just about helping a street vendor in India buy a cart or getting a new sewing machine for a seamstress in Tanzania, think again. There are plenty of ways to help ...