Top economist aims to open bank for city’s poor

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Top economist aims to open bank for city’s poor

The man known as the banker to the poor of Bangladesh wants to open a branch in one of the most-deprived areas of Glasgow.

Sighthill has been identified as a possible location for Grameen Bank Glasgow which would be the first of its kind in the UK and one of only a few outside the sub-continent.