How to Use microloan in a Sentence

microloan

noun
  • People, even in small African villages, can buy insurance, access microloans or even save and invest with a few taps or messages.
    Murad Salikhov, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Companies like Adyen and Stripe already offer microloans based on real transaction histories, not outdated credit scores.
    Mustafa Khanwala, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Washington should build the strongest possible coalitions and make greater use of technology, science, microloans, health care, education, and similar incentives to persuade and influence rivals and allies.
    Douglas London, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • These are also the places where small, timely investments, a microloan for climate-smart seeds, a microinsurance payout before a storm, a community savings fund for irrigation, could turn vulnerability into resilience.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In Kenya, Indonesia, and Brazil, startups are utilizing alternative datasets, such as mobile usage and merchant transactions, to deliver microloans and insurance to last-mile customers overlooked by traditional banks.
    Sopnendu Mohanty, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Today the wide-ranging antipoaching effort, led by Glen Steyn, a former British Royal Marine, incorporates manned observation posts and aerial surveillance, and is coupled with community outreach including education and microloans for business development.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026

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