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 Issue of March 17, 2008 
   

‘Small Dollar’ Program Offers Big Advantages for Customers

Fall River-based BankFive is among the banks participating in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s two-year “Small Dollar” pilot program.
By Amy Wyeth
The concept of “microlending” won Indian banker Muhammad Yunus and his institution, Grameen Bank, a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for the economic development help he provided to poorer communities.

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