Fair Finance General

Ben & Jerry’s Join Our Core “Fair Finance

Ben & Jerry’s and Ashoka have worked with Matter & Co to create a series of film interviews with some of Ashoka’s most inspiring social entrepreneurs. They’ve included Fair Finance in their short video. Click here to watch the video.

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Capitalism with a conscience

Fair Finance’s Managing Director, Faisel Rahman took part in Ben & Jerry’s roundtable which focused on whether values-led businesses can prosper in difficult economic times. Adam Vaughan reports on a recent debate on how to encourage sustainable businesses

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Fair Finance featured in Philanthropy UK

Billed as a ‘game-changing’ moment in social impact investment, last month’s £3m plus deal structured by social lender Fair Finance will allow it to help 100,000 financially excluded Londoners over the next five years with low interest microloans. Read the rest by Mark Cheng

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How to do good

There’s no shame in making money from good causes: Josh Spero on the arrival of ‘impact investing’, a third way between soft philanthropy and hard-nosed profiteering Click here to read more

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Microcredit: Borrowing freely

What’s gone wrong with microcredit? asked Brian Keeley on this blog last month, in response to the growing furore in India and Bangladesh surrounding the activities of micro finance institution. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank are under attack from politicians in Bangladesh. In turn, Professor Yunus has become more

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Citi Supports Fair Lending in the UK

Citi’s commitment to boosting communities in need includes bringing microfinance lending to communities in need — even in developed countries. It’s been working with grassroots organizations including Fair Finance, a London-based social enterprise founded by Faisel Rahman, a former World Bank staffer. The goal of the partnership: support fair lending

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