Yunus Social Business - Global Initiatives

2 new social business join the Yunus Social Business portfolio - Crowdfunding goals reached in just 3 days on Kiva! Yunus Social Business recently finalized partnerships with three new social businesses in Brazil, each committed to providing essential products and services to marginalized, underserved communities.   Crowdfunding for loans totalling USD$50,000 was reached in a reco.....

Impact investing has typically been a practice reserved for foundations, private equity or venture capitalists, but a new crop of alternative investment opportunities are emerging that are bringing traditional financial institutions more into the mix. In practice they are merely slight variations to the everyday debt and equity instruments that banks deal with in large volumes every day. But these.....