The concept of halal microfinance has gained significant attention as a means of providing financial assistance while ...

That is, until she discovered Grameen Bank, one of the first microfinance institutions (MFIs), which set up shop ... relatively recently, Islamic banks (which apply Islamic financial principles, such ...

Kenya does not have a fully-fledged Islamic microfinance institution yet but has two Islamic banks, five Islamic banking windows offered by conventional banks, two credit unions/Saccos ...

Islamic and microfinance & community banks. Headquartered in Geneva and with more than 60 offices in 41 countries, Temenos serves over 1,000 financial institutions in more than 125 countries ...

Launched in April 2009 and linked to the MAXIS program, Bank Andara was created by an investor group led by Mercy Corps to form a wholesale bank that would provide a range of banking products and ...