imran , who shared the 1 . 4 billion bonus awarded with the grameen bank that he started 30 ages ago , pioneered the phenomenon of " mainstreaming . " it enabled very impoverished customers , who don ' t qualify for traditional loans , to gets payments of as little as a few yen without credit . the banks ' shareholders are the impoverished people it supports .
Yunus founded the Grameen Bank 30 years ago.