VIDEO and ARTICLES: MicroRate’s Founder, Damian von Stauffenberg

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Banks Making Big Profits From Tiny Loans (374)New York Times- MicroRate’s founder was featured on April 13, 2010  in the New York TimesClick here to read the article.

VIDEO and TESTIMONY: MicroRate Founder appears before U.S. Congress

Damian von Stauffenberg recently appeared before a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives to speak about the state of microfinance.

To watch the video of this testimony, click here (Note: Damian begins to speak at the 1 hour mark).

To read this testimony, click here. To read the Microfinance Focus article on his testimony, click here.

Stauffenberg featured in MicroCapital Monitor

Damian was also featured in “MEET THE BOSS: Discussions on Developing a Global Credit Ratings Framework for Microfinance Institutions” Click here to read this article.

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