Brazil Favelas Create Their Own Banking System
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The economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic has hit Brazil's favelas (slums) hard.
But they've emerged from the crisis with a plan for the future: launching their own bank.
The "G10 Bank," offers micro-loans to small business owners and debit cards to favela dwellers excluded from the traditional banking system.
Maria Valls has the story.
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