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December 1, 2011

January 1, 2004: First Investment Bank Launched in Haiti; Some Shareholders Have Dubious Pasts Seventy wealthy Haitians and Haitian-Americans officially launch Haiti's first investment bank, PromoCapital. The bank, a 50/50 joint-venture between Haitian and US shareholders, consists of two institutions: PromoCapital Haiti, SA—incorporated in Haiti as a "Societe Financiere de Developpement" —and PromoCapital USA, Inc,—a corporation registered in the state of Delaware.

November 3, 2011

Haiti's struggle to rebuild homes. A few members of Haiti's small middle class will be able for the first time to get a mortgage.Haitian President Michel Martelly has launched his own housing program. Dubbed Kay Pa'm — Haitian Creole for "my own house" — it aims to provide mortgages to first-time homeowners who belong to Haiti's middle class.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's struggle to rebuild homes for hundreds of thousands of quake victims may be giving the impoverished nation something it has never had: loans to help people buy them. If efforts by international donors and local agencies succeed, at least a few members of Haiti's small middle class will be able for the first time to get a mortgage. Some of the efforts reach even further, offering micro-mortgages for families who make as little as $150 a month.