Mexico has a growing demand for higher education. Of an 11 million population of young people between 19 and 24 years, there are eight million with the appropriate age to go to college who cannot study. Even if the government is making efforts to fulfill the demand, it is so big that it cannot be absorbed entirely by it. Universities are full: more than 70% of the applications are rejected due to lack of places for new students.
FINAE is created in 2006 as a response to the higher education needs of the base of the social pyramid (Socio-economic levels C and D). We are a financial institution which is aware of the business potential and of the development low income people may reach. We know that by educating the young, we are contributing to the future of Mexico and to the development of a thriving middle class. The students from the base of the pyramid who don't have the opportunity to access a quality higher education are our reason for being.
Young people with a good economical situation can attend private universities, but those who do not have the necessary resources are left without an opportunity to obtain a college degree, even if there are low cost universities.
Although the student loan market is very recent in Mexico, FINAE leads this market by offering affordable solutions to many students.
In less than thirteen years, we have granted college loans to more than 13,000 students. 60% of them belong to the above mentioned socio-economic levels. Of these students 4,000 have graduated.
Quality education for young people of the base of the pyramid in Mexico will guarantee the growth of our country in the long term. A country where young people is educated is one that attracts talent, ads value, and above all begins to win the battle against inequality.
FINAE is a non-banking financial institution created in 2006, specialized in loans for college students. The company was created by a group of Mexican entrepreneurs lead by Francisco Vizcaya, grouped in the Sociedad de Apoyo a la Educación (SAE), with the purpose of supporting low-income students to be able to attend private universities.
FINAE is a company with a social impact, i.e., it solves social problems with a sustainable business model.
The social impact is produced by the different projects that, when carried out, have an effect on the community (in this case, the higher education students in Mexico).
B Lab is an non-profit organization aimed to serve the entrepreneurs who have businesses that help solve social and environmental issues around the globe. B Lab offers two products that help the entrepreneurs measure, evaluate, and foster the social and environmental impact they have: GIIRS and B Certification.
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The rating process called Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS) used by B Lab organization provides social and environmental performance comparable data of high impact companies around the globe, which are looking for capital investments through a model similar to Morningstar investment ratings and Capital IQ financial analysis.
FINAE has been rated with 4 out of 5 stars. In this way, it has showed the great impact it has on the Mexican society.
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Prudential, Bank of America, Moodys Corporation, Risk Metrics, Bernstein Global Advisors, Harvard University, and Rockefeller Foundation represent the different GIIRS committees and working groups.
The Opportunities for the Majority initiative (OMJ), created in 2007 by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), fosters and supports sustainable business models which involve private companies, local governments, and communities by developing and providing quality products and goods to the base of the socio-economical pyramid (BDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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