microfinance institution
noun [C] (abbreviation MFI) ECONOMICS, FINANCEDefinition
› an organization that provides microfinance, usually in developing countries: Krishna is CEO at a microfinance institution in Bangalore that makes loans to poor women.
(Definition of microfinance institution noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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