MICRO CREDIT

S&P Raises Ingram Micro Rating AP via Yahoo! Finance
Standard & Poor's Rating Service on Monday raised the corporate credit rating of computer products distributor Ingram Micro Inc. from 'BB+' to 'BBB-.'
More Than 67 Million Americans Have Used Credit or Debit Cards for Purchases of Less Than $5 in the Past 30 Days SYS-CON Media
More than 67 million Americans have used a credit or debit card for a purchase of less than $5 in the past 30 days according to the fourth annual comprehensive, quantitative survey on the small payments market released today at the 2006 Micro and Small Payments Conference in New York City. This shows that consumers are willing and ready to use credit and debit cards for small payments.
More Than 67 Million Americans Have Used Credit or Debit Cards for Purchases of Less Than $5 in the Past 30 Days PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
More than 67 million Americans have used a credit or debit card for a purchase of less than $5 in the past 30 days according to the fourth annual comprehensive, quantitative survey on the small payments market released today at the 2006 Micro and Small Payments Conference in New York City.
Heartland Payment Systems CEO Robert Carr to Provide a Keynote Address at Micro and Small Payments Conference Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
PRINCETON, N.J.----Robert Carr, chairman and CEO of Heartland Payment Systems , one of the nation's leading providers of credit and debit card processing services, will provide a keynote address at the 4th Annual Micro and Small Payments Conference.
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The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus for his micro-credit scheme was an inspired one. Yunus' small-scale loan programs, which began in Bangladesh and have since been implemented around the developing world, have helped millions lift themselves out of extreme poverty.
Ghana: Rural/Micro Finance Institutions Depositors Growth Rate Hit 40 Percent AllAfrica.com
MICRO-FINANCE HAS moved through phases from high-cost, heavily subsidized operations reaching limited numbers to financially self-sufficient micro-finance institutions reaching millions. Different institutions within countries may be at different phases at any given time, and Ghana is no exception.
Uganda: Christians Plot Against Poverty AllAfrica.com
The African Christian in Development (ACID), which started 20 years ago, has been formed from an HIV/Aids non-government (NGO) into a micro credit limited company, that helps to fight poverty by giving loans to vulnerable communities.
Triumph of micro credit Central Chronicle
The bestowing of the Nobel Peace Prize on Prof Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank reinforce the triumph of micro credit not only for helping the poor in Bangladesh but the world over.
World Council of Credit Unions' Afghanistan Project Expands with $27.7 Million in Funding PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. is expanding its Afghanistan project by $27.7 million with $8.3 million funding from the Microfinance Support Facility for Afghanistan and a $19.4 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development .
Father of micro-lending Akula is 'Social Entrepreneur 2006' Indian Express via Yahoo! India News
Author of the Indian microfinance success story Vikram Akula, founder of SKS Microfinance Pvt Ltd, believes that even though microfinance is not an answer to the agriculture crisis in Vidarbha, it can supplement incomes for farm families. After 150 branches all over the country, he moved into Vidarbha recently. His three branches have 1,000 borrowers in 21 villages. It is this pragmatism that


The World Wide Web Virtual Library on Microcredit and Microfinance
The Virtual Library on Microcredit is intended to be a repository of information on alternative, non-conventional financial systems and microcredit issues.
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International Year of Microcredit 2005
The official website for the Year of Microcredit 2005, www.yearofmicrocredit.org, provides up to date information on the objectives of the Year,
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MicroCredit-NH is a nonprofit Small Business Development Financial Institution which promotes economic opportunity for micro-business development.