Grameen Bank originated in 1976 , in the work of Professor Muhammad Yunus , professor at University of Chittagong , who launched a research project to study how to design a credit delivery system to provide banking services to the rural poor .
The Grameen Bank was started 1976 when Professor Muhammad Yunus , a Fulbright scholar and Professor at University of Chittagong , researched how to provide banking for the rural poor .