Have you ever taken a moment to review the Small Business Size Standards provided by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)? You’ll find that the standards are a little different depending on the business’ industry, but that’s not the most surprising thing you’ll discover. If you’re ...

According to CDFI Fund (U.S. Department of Treasury)  a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) is a specialized financial institution that works in market niches that are underserved by traditional financial institutions. CDFIs provide a unique range of financial products ...

Key principles of microfinance were developed in 2004 by ConsultativeGroup to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and endorsed by the leaders at the G8 Summit onJune 10th, 2004. Among the key principles, are the following: – Poor people need a variety of financial services, not just loans. – Microfin...

Here is a little bit of all that I have heard in the past year; since I started working on the microfinance field there are many concepts and differences one should be able to understand that is confusing, even the regulating organisms have some issues in defining and making differences among the co...