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Microfinance

When poverty is a way of life, people’s potential is often overshadowed by the struggle to survive. But when equipped with the right tools, even the most vulnerable are able to change their own world and create a better future for their children. Opportunity International stands alongside over 2.5 million clients with a mission to provide those tools—the financial products, educational programs and business training they need to move beyond poverty and build a more stable, secure and fulfilling life.

Our work, our strategies and our innovations exist to end poverty and transform lives. Our success toward this bold goal is measured on three levels (our Triple Bottom Line); transformation, outreach and sustainability.

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  • Our Work

    Microfinance is based on the radical notion that small-scale entrepreneurs can be big change agents in overcoming global poverty.
  • Our Strategies

    Microfinance follows a different strategy than Bay Street banking. Here are some of our proven methods for providing financial services to the bottom billion of the economic pyramid.
  • Our Innovations

    Biometric fingerprint scans, bank offices built on all-terrain trucks – it sounds like a spy novel, but it’s just business as usual for a bank that travels where the streets have no name.
  • Microfinance FAQs

    How does microfinance alleviate poverty? Why don't people living in poverty go to regular banks for financial services? Do you charge interest on your loans?
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