Two people are regarded as the pioneer of microcredit systems – Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh and AI Whittaker from USA. Muhammad Yunus started the Grameen Bank in 1976, Bangladesh. The bank was involved in giving microloans to the poor people in Bangladesh. He was awarded Nobel Prize in 2006 for his contribution to the microfinance concept. AI Whittaker helped to popularize the concept of microfinance in the world.












