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Grameen Bank (Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [ 7 ] to the impoverished without requiring collateral .
The $60 loan she receives from Grameen Bank allows her to put the down payment on a bicycle rickshaw and buy chickens whose eggs she can sell. [3] The film shows group meetings where community members recite the Sixteen Decisions that Grameen Bank uses to improve the lives of those it loans to and help ensure that the people are able to repay ...
Mohammad Shahjahan Bangladeshi is a former managing director and CEO of Grameen Bank. [1] [2] [3] He assumed the office on 14 August 2011 until he retired on 30 October 2014. [4] He gained his Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting from University of Dhaka in 1976. He completed his master's degree in accounting and finance from the same ...
The Grameen Bank, which is generally considered the first modern microcredit institution, was founded in 1983 by Muhammad Yunus. [2] Yunus began the project in a small town called Jobra, using his own money to deliver small loans at low-interest rates to the rural poor. Grameen Bank was followed by organizations such as BRAC in 1972 and ASA in ...
The Grameen family of organizations has grown beyond Grameen Bank into a multi-faceted group of both commercial and non-profit ventures. It was first established by Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning founder of Grameen Bank. Most of the organizations in the Grameen group have central offices at the Grameen Bank Complex in Mirpur ...
Maharashtra Gramin Bank [1] is an Indian Regional Rural Bank (RRB) or Gramin bank, in the State of Maharashtra with its head office is in Aurangabad. It is one of the 43 Gramin banks in India supported by the government that aim to bring banking services to rural areas. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
The Karnataka Vikasa Grameena Bank (KVGB) is an Indian Regional Rural Bank sponsored by Canara Bank. It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance , Government of India . The bank provides retail banking services to rural users and has 629 branches in North and Western Karnataka .
Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank is a regional rural bank (RRB) in the State of Bihar, India. [1] It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance , Government of India . It is one of the largest regional rural banks in India in terms of branch network, staff strength and area of operation.