Microfinance Media buzz brings a compilation of industry headlines broadcasted by other news media from across the world.

1. voanews: Microcredit Pioneer Yunus Loses Appeal in Bangladesh Supreme Court

In Bangladesh, the Supreme Court has upheld an order dismissing microcredit pioneer Mohammad Yunus from Grameen Bank, which he founded. Following international pressure, however, the government has been in talks with the Nobel laureate to reach a compromise. (Read More) News Published by: Voa News

2. Bernama: Financial Inclusion Shows Promise in Improving Lives, Says Princess

Financial inclusion shows tremendous promise in improving lives around the world, Says United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adocate for Inclusive FInance for Development, Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (Read More) News Published by: Bernama

3. ET: RBI stresses on more efforts for financial inclusion

The RBI has said that more efforts are needed for achieving financial inclusion and creating the spirit of entrepreneurship to make the economic growth success broad based. (Read More) News Published by: The Economic Times

4. MC: SKS Microfinance is confident of getting additional funding

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Dili Raj, CFO, SKS Microfinance says, in third quarter the company was able to access Rs 400 crore. (Read More) News Published by: moneycontrol.com

5. Australian: Banking giants back micro-credit initiative in London housing estates

A pioneering micro-credit initiative backed by big banks could cripple loan sharking that blights the lives of over 300,000 UK households. Fair Finance has become the first microfinance group in Europe to secure a commercial loan to expand. (Read More) News Published by: The Australian

6. HP: Green Microfinance: It's Time To Clean Up The Bandwagon

Microfinance is intended to help the poor. The poor are often the most affected by climate change. Yet, some microfinance programs actually further contribute to climate change... which, again, may disproportionately affect impoverished populations. (Read More) News Published by: Huffington Post

7. ToI: Helping backward communities become financially independent

Centre for Microfinance, an autonomous city-based organisation is among the 30 NGOs in running for a Rs 25 lakh grant from the World Bank, The World Bank Institute and International Finance Corporation. (Read More) News Published by: The Times of India

8. DT: NRSP launches microfinance bank

The National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) has launched a fully regulated, deposit taking privately owned microfinance bank. (Read More) News Published by: Daily Times

9. AHN: Bitter battle of microcredit celebrity likely to strain US-Bangladesh ties

A senior United States official has once again warned that a bitter battle between Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh authorities could dent diplomatic ties between the two countries. (Read More) News Published by: All Headline News

10. DI-VE: SME microcredit scheme finally launched

It was originally announced in the 2010 Budget nearly a year and a half ago, but a microcredit scheme for SMEs was finally launched by government today. (Read More) News Published by: DI-VE

11. AP: Cangandala peasants to get agricultural credit

Three peasants associations from Cangandala Municipality, in Malanje Province, are to benefit soon from an agricultural micro-credit, in the ambit of the programme of fight against poverty in communities. (Read More) News Published by: Angola Press

12. Citizen: Rainfall microinsurance can increase agricultural production

A group of researchers convened a two days meeting in Dar es Salaam last week where they presented findings from research projects sponsored by the Research on Poverty Alleviation (Repoa). The researches are aimed at bringing positive changes to the community. (Read More) News Published by: The Citizen

13. Dawn: Yunus martyred, Bangladesh marred‎

The personification of climate change, unimaginable poverty and simmering religious extremism; Bangladesh doesn’t really have much going for it. And now we have even less. (Read More) News Published by: Dawn.com

14. BBC: US and France lament exit of Grameen's Muhammad Yunus

Both the US and France have lamented the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen micro-finance bank he founded. (Read More) News Published by: BBC

15. ET: Farmer facilitation: Rural microfinance bank launched

The National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), the country’s largest microfinance organisation, has launched a fully regulated, privately owned microfinance bank. (Read More) News Published by: The Express Tribune