Seen Elsewhere: Newsweek on Grameen America

July 20, 2010

The frequency with which mainstream media has addressed issues related to microfinance in recent months is phenomenal.

This week, Newsweek magazine contains a story titled: "It's Payback Time: How a Bangladeshi bank is growing in the U.S. by making tiny loans to groups of poor women with entrepreneurial dreams."

Here's a link to the story: "It's Payback Time..."

Americans use nonbanks to cash $60 billion in checks yearly

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