$27 loan that rewrote banking & touched 10 million lives in B'desh
In 1974, Muhammad Yunus lent $27 to 42 poor women in Bangladesh, sparking Grameen Bank and a global microfinance revolution. By trusting the poor over collateral, Grameen empowered 10+ million women and lifted beggars into business. It still matters today as a powerful reminder that dignity and opportunity, not charity, can break cycles of poverty.