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HSBC brings a business model of banking to the doorsteps of the poor

✍ Scribed by Pramod Marar; Balaji S. Iyer; Unmesh Brahme

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
119 KB
Volume
28
Category
Article
ISSN
1932-2054

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Tiny loans can make a huge difference, especially when coupled with financial literacy and capacity building. With a global commitment to sustainable business through financial inclusion, HSBC partners with microfinance institutions and other organizations to empower micro‐entrepreneurs among India's rural poor, who in turn are changing lives, families, and entire communities. The authors provide an overview of HSBC Group's sustainability strategy, a brief history of microfinance in India, and HSBC in India's role in serving the microfinance industry. They also discuss the bank's multi‐stakeholder initiatives for capacity building, which include two schools where rural women learn essential business and technical skills and financial literacy, and an environmental and social village‐based initiative for water conservation and livelihood creation. Β© 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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