Dedication Quote by Ananya Birla

Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and techniques. There's a…

— Pierre Omidyar

Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.

— Jonathan Morduch

Microfinance is an idea whose time has come.

— Kofi Annan

A well-functioning microfinance bank can actually be a profitable business as well. So it became a perfect proof point that, through business, you can…

— Pierre Omidyar

The moment you say microfinance everybody wants to help you.

— Muhammad Yunus

“This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. The poor are not entrepreneurs. The idea that more than a few will…

— Ian Smillie

We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and…

— Muhammad Yunus

Because microfinance is so manageable in terms of the size of the loan, people have made it the cornerstone to lifting women out of…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

We are legitimate players in the financial services industry.

— Baiju Bhatt

Making loans and fighting poverty are normally two of the least glamorous pursuits around, but put the two together and you have an economic…

— James Surowiecki

The great thing is the start - to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you…

— Robert Collier

Take some time to play around with segmentation. If you can pinpoint your best and worst customers it's well worth the time.

— Des MacHale