Having just listened to the podcast, it sounded like a big part of making the bank model work was the cost of banking computers and software.<br><br>Is this a big chance to do an OpenMRS/ODK-style thing for banking?<br><br><span style="font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif;">--Colin<br></span><span id="signature"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;color: #999999;">-- Sent from my Palm Pre</div><br></span><span style="color:navy; font-family:Prelude, Verdana, san-serif; "><hr align="left" style="width:75%">On Sep 30, 2010 8:50 AM, Yaw Anokwa &lt;yanokwa@gmail.com&gt; wrote: <br><br>Say you want to make loans to millions of poor women in the developing
<br>world, to help them climb out of poverty. Is it OK to raise money from
<br>rich investors, who expect to make a profit?
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<br>Muhammad Yunus, the father of microfinance, says no. If you have
<br>investors who expect profits, you'll ultimately turn into something
<br>more like a loan-shark than a do-gooder.
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<br>Vikram Akula, founder of SKS Microfinance — a company that had an IPO
<br>earlier this year — says raising money from profit-seeking investors
<br>is the only way to spread microfinance quickly around the world.
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<br>NPR's Planet Money did a great podcast on the different viewpoints at
<br>http://is.gd/fCo5h. You can also watch the video of Clinton Global
<br>Initiative debate at http://is.gd/fCnWl.
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