Micro and unincorporated enterprises still rely heavily informal sources like friends and moneylenders for small-ticket loans ...

In 2001, Carla Eliana Godoy was struggling to find space for her nonprofit, Art for Change. Funding had become scarce in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and Godoy found herself bouncing among churches, ...

For years, micro loans have been promoted by everyone from Nicholas Kristof to Oprah Winfrey as a great way to help women in developing nations pull themselves out of poverty. The idea is simple: lend ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The International-Microloans of Buffalo at St. Joe’s Collegiate School is on a mission to help entrepreneurs. It’s not only here in Western New York, but also around the world. It all ...

ITworld.com – David Geer recently spoke with Nicholas P. Sullivan, author of You Can Hear Me Now: How Micro Loans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World’s Poor to the Global Economy. Following is an ...

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has joined hands with OnionLife Private Ltd to tap its technology platform KarmaLife for a pilot to provide small enterprise loans to gig workers and ...

Approximately 99.9% of businesses in the U.S. are small businesses. Of those small businesses, 85% are micro businesses, meaning they are operated by no more than five people and bring in less than ...