Website links lenders in Canada with small businesses in developing nations

by Simona Siad

TORONTO (CP) – Ryan McMinn has a life similar to many busy professionals in Toronto. He owns two software companies, works long hours and lives in a downtown apartment.

Six months ago, he read a book by Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize-winning proponent of microcredit, and was inspired to help fund entrepreneurs from poor or developing nations through small loans.

Website links lenders here with small businesses

Toronto man’s $200 helps Mexican barber open shop, one of many transactions through Kiva site

Simona Siad
Living Reporter

Ryan McMinn has a life similar to many busy professionals in Toronto. He owns two software companies, works long hours and lives in a downtown apartment on Richmond St.

Six months ago, he read a book by Muhammad Yunis, the Nobel Prize-winning proponent of microcredit, and was inspired to help fund entrepreneurs from poor or developing nations through small loans.