Although experiments of microfinance in some countries like Brazil and Bangladesh dates back several years, Ledgerwood (2000) reports that microfinance started to gain popularity in the 1980s. Certainly, the history of microfinance can be dated back to Europe in 18th and 19th century. For instance, in the 18th century there were informal savings clubs like box clubs that dealt with community lending and savings (Brown 2011). Also, the famous example could be of the Irish Loans Funds, which basically came into existence as a result of increased poverty in the 1720’s. It is reported that these credit groups started as charitable organizations and later transformed into financial intermediaries. And this allowed them not only to charge interest on the loans they advanced to their clients but also collect interest bearing deposits.