microfinance
nounEtymology From micro- + finance. Coined by German sociologist and economist Hans Dieter Seibel in 1990.
- Microfinance, once a relative cottage industry championed by antipoverty activists and development wonks, is on the verge of a revolution, with billions of dollars from big banks, private-equity shops and pension funds pouring in.2008 June 5, Barbara Kiviat, “The Big Trouble In Small Loans”, in Time, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2011:
- Derived terms
- microfinancial, microfinancier, microfinancing
- Related terms
- macrofinance, microcredit, microinsurance, microlending