Advantage Quote by Muhammad Yunus

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

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 moment you say microfinance everybody wants to help you.

— Muhammad Yunus

What attracted me towards microfinance is it's a very sustainable business, which has an impact on people's lives yet it can be very profitable.

— Ananya Birla

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

— Jonathan Morduch

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

The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.

— Elizabeth Warren

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

People have tried to control other people by trapping them with debt. A loan can become a harmful and dangerous weapon.

— Kabir Sehgal

Making loans accessible to millions of the previously unbankable customers is a noble goal. Getting them hooked to such loans isn't.

— Evgeny Morozov

Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes

— Luigi Pirandello