The bank signed the deal with the country's social security fund yesterday.

The central bank could scrap the way it automatically determines the closing rate of the yuan and determine it on its own.

A capital shortage could be a constraint, but the bank has plans in mind, including a share sale and a subordinate bond sale.

Investors are going after Merchants Bank stock as the revised plan is better than expected.

Ellen has generated numerous business relationships for the bank and continues to find ways to better serve both her customers and the community,

There are house demolitions and destruction all over the West Bank and Gaza. Just yesterday in Gaza they demolished three towers under the pretext that they were built close to a settlement.

The Grameen Bank Ordinance with amendments up to 2008 is a beautiful legal structure for the fulfillment of the ideals and objectives of the bank. Any change in this structure will be devastating for the bank.

If the basic structure of Grameen is changed, the worry is that the poor women who are the rightful owners of the bank will be disenfranchised.

Grameen Bank was formed as an institution owned by its borrower members, who are poor women. Through its unique decision-making process, Grameen Bank has given millions of women the means to emerge from the shadows in a male-dominated society and to make something of themselves.

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.