The San Francisco company, the charitable giving arm of Charles Schwab Corp., said in launching its microfinance guarantee program last week that it that lets donors set aside a portion of their ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schwab Charitable, one of the country’s largest and fastest growing nonprofits and facilitators of charitable giving with over $2 billion in assets and $350MM in annual ...

Researchers say a program combining small loans, training and peer support helped female sex workers reduce health risks and gain financial stability.

Toronto, ON, May 14, 2008 – The MasterCard Foundation launched its Scholars Program today by awarding grants totaling $600,000 to six leading microfinance training institutes. The program will fund ...

This study provides evidence that long-term exposure to a microfinance program is associated with a reduction in certain indicators of HIV risk behavior among Haitian women. Specifically, women with ...

A baby pig has the power to turn to despair into hope among poor women who have had prolonged exposure to traumatic events in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a study by a researcher at ...

The FINANCIAL — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has raised the limit of an existing microfinance risk participation and guarantee program by an additional $100 million in ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Citi Foundation today announced a three-year US$11.2 million international grant program, in partnership with the SEEP Network to advance the integration of microfinance ...