microlender
Tiny-sum loan source
A microlender is a financial institution or organization that provides very small loans, typically to entrepreneurs in developing countries or to borrowers who lack access to traditional banking.
Microlenders often target women, small business owners, and the poor, offering modest sums—sometimes just a few hundred dollars—to help start or expand small enterprises: She got her first sewing machine through a microlender.
Gaining authority or confidence
- unbankedWithout bank accounts
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
One who takes temporarily
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- installmentPeriodic partial payment
- principalChief school administrator
Very small-scale commercial venture
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- startupNew business enterprise
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- vendorOne who sells goods
artisan · smallholder · cooperative · self-employment · trade
empowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
- unbankedWithout bank accounts
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
self-sufficiency · livelihood · subsistence · underprivileged
borrower
One who takes temporarily
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- installmentPeriodic partial payment
microenterprise
Very small-scale commercial venture
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- startupNew business enterprise
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
vendor · artisan · smallholder · cooperative · self-employment · trade
nonprofit
Organization serving public good
microlendermegabank
Massive financial institution
commercial bank · investment bank · JPMorgan Chase · Citibank
microlenderbank
Place holding deposits
loan shark · usurer · payday lender · hedge fund · private equity firm