Sicredi: the credit institution behind Brazil's commodity boom, by Leonardo Gottems - 0 views
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Leonardo Gottems on 31 May 12Timizzer.com - More than a hundred years before it got international recognition through a partnership with Rabobank, the credit union which became Sicredi was starting by the hands of Theodor Amstad in 1902 in Nova Petropolis, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The founder was a Swiss Jesuit who came from England in 1883 and was trying to spread a cooperative throughout German colonies in Brazil. Continue: Timizzer.com