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Microlending vs Microfinance - What's the difference?

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Microfinance is a related term of microlending.



As nouns the difference between microlending and microfinance

is that microlending is lending of small amounts of money per loan as part of a microcredit program while microfinance is finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.

microlending

English

Noun

(-)
  • (banking) Lending of small amounts of money per loan as part of a microcredit program.

    • Related terms

    * microloan

    See also

    *("microlending" on Wikipedia)

    microfinance

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia microfinance) (-)
  • (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups

    • Derived terms

    * microfinancial * microfinancier

    Related terms

    * macrofinance * microcredit * microinsurance * microlending

    References