Grameen Bank

Summary

Grameen Bank is a bank^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of bank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Grameen Bank's field of work was ethical banking^[3].
• Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize^[4].
• Grameen Bank received the Independence Award^[5].
• Grameen Bank received the Gandhi Peace Prize^[6].
• Grameen Bank received the Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want^[7].
• Grameen Bank is in the country of Bangladesh^[8].
• Grameen Bank's image is recorded as Grameen.JPG^[9].
• Grameen Bank's instance of is recorded as bank^[10].
• Grameen Bank's founder is recorded as Muhammad Yunus^[11].
• Grameen Bank's logo image is recorded as Grameen Bank Seal.svg^[12].
• Grameen Bank's logo image is recorded as গ্রামীণ ব্যাংকের প্রতীক.svg^[13].
• Grameen Bank's headquarters location is recorded as Dhaka^[14].
• Grameen Bank's ISNI is recorded as 0000000106596448^[15].
• Grameen Bank's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129031176^[16].
• Grameen Bank's GND ID is recorded as 5099739-7^[17].
• Grameen Bank's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84207242^[18].
• Grameen Bank's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13332982v^[19].
• Grameen Bank's IdRef ID is recorded as 035754818^[20].
• Grameen Bank's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA10922882^[21].
• Grameen Bank's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01035962^[22].
• Grameen Bank's Commons category is recorded as Grameen Bank^[23].
• Grameen Bank's industry is recorded as financial services^[24].
• Grameen Bank's industry is recorded as financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding^[25].
• +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Grameen Bank^[26].
• Grameen Bank's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nm86^[27].

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Founding

Grameen Bank's founder is recorded as Muhammad Yunus^[11]. +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[26].

Operations

Grameen Bank's headquarters location is recorded as Dhaka^[14].

Industry

Industries include financial services^[24] and financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding^[25]. Grameen Bank's field of work was ethical banking^[3].

Ownership

Grameen Bank's product or material produced is recorded as microfinance^[28].

Recognition

Awards received include Nobel Peace Prize^[4], a peace award^[29]; Independence Award^[5], an award^[30], in Bangladesh^[31], founded in 1977^[32]; Gandhi Peace Prize^[6], an award^[33], in India^[34], founded in 1995^[35]; and Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want^[7], a class of award^[36].

Why It Matters

Grameen Bank ranks in the top 4% of bank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (243 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

FAQs

What awards did Grameen Bank receive?

Honors received include Nobel Peace Prize^[4], Independence Award^[5], Gandhi Peace Prize^[6], and Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want^[7].