Missouri based H&R Block, America’s largest tax services provider, have announced an agreement with Grameen America, a for profit microfinance institution recently established by the Grameen Trust, part of the Grameen family which began with the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Grameen America will draw upon the resources and experience of H&R Block and the Grameen Trust, its majority owner, for fund raising, product and service development, and evaluation of the pilot programme which will be run in New York.
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