Through the Dignity Fund, Elizabeth Funk is changing lives by empowering poor entrepreneurs around the globe with small business loans. YPO is the world’s most powerful network for young business leaders. www.ypo.org
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What is a fair price for good credit?
May 20, 2010
Emotions run very high around the issue of interest rates, and some MFI’s abroad have been criticized for their high rates. Why is it that the price charged for money is scrutinized so much more carefully than the price charged for other goods? Here in the U.S., non-profit lenders have kept their interest rates lower [...]
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Unitus Arranges Joint Microfinance Investment in Indonesia
May 02, 2007
Collaboration between Unitus, The Dignity Fund and MicroCredit Enterprises allows MBK Ventura to access $1.2 million and impact 60,000 micro-entrepreneurs Redmond, WA—May 2, 2007— Unitus, Inc., a nonprofit organization delivering innovative solutions to global poverty, announced that it has arranged a $1.2 million loan for MBK Ventura, a Unitus microfinance partner in Indonesia, structured in [...]
Read More »Unitus Welcomes Microfinance Leader and Business Executive Elizabeth Funk as New Board Chair
January 09, 2007
Unitus to Reach 2 Million People with Life-changing Financial Services in 2007 Redmond, WA—January 9, 2007—Unitus, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing global poverty by increasing access to microfinance, today announced that Elizabeth Funk, currently Vice Chair of the Unitus Board, will assume the position of non- executive Board Chair. Ms. Funk will replace outgoing [...]
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