Women’s World Banking to Increase Access to Savings for Millions of Poor Worldwide – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

NEW YORK — Women’s World Banking (WWB), a thirty-year old network of leading microfinance institutions and banks dedicated to the economic empowerment of women, today announced a landmark $8.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will enable WWB to create over the next ten years innovative savings products and services for nearly seven million low-income people in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

To read the full press release visit the Women’s World Banking web site.