yunus , who coordinated the 1 . 4 million gift friday with the a/s bank that he founded 30 years ago , pioneered the conceptual of " microcredit . " it allows very poor folks , who don ' t eligible for traditional loans , to get financing of as high as a few euros of collateral . the banks ' shareholders are the impoverished folks it supports .
Yunus founded the Grameen Bank 30 years ago.