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SVDP alternative to payday loans for the working poor

SVDP alternative to payday loans for the working poor

by John Freund, CM | Aug 22, 2009 | Vincentian Family

Can ground-up “banking for the poor” work in the United States? In Belleville, Ill., a Society of St. Vincent de Paul council thinks micro-financing, pioneered by Nobel prize winner Mohammed Yunus, can. According to the National Catholic Reporter… The council...

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