Nick Cain, Vittana, USA

Nick Cain, International Partnerships Manager for Vittana, discusses the dual roles of Vittana as an engine for developing financial products (student loans), and as a person to person funder via its website, vittana.org. Specifics of how "risk-tolerant" capital provided by individual social investors around the world provide the capital Vittana's microfinance partners need for making student-centered education loans in the developing world is outlined with examples from actual students.