Mar 15th 2007] Small loans and big ambitions

Economics focus Small loans and big ambitions Mar 15th 2007 From The Economist print edition The commercialisation of microcredit and what stands in the way COMPARTAMOS may not be the biggest bank in Mexico, but it could be the most important. Established in 1990 as a non-profit group making small, uncollateralised business loans to the poor (“microcredit”), Compartamos today reaches over 612,00..