Banking (and lending) for the eco-conscious masses

How to Lend Money to Strangers

Brendan le Grange

Credit, Fintech, Management, Lending, Banking, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Banking that's good for you and the planet. You can see the GreenFi offering first-hand at https://www.greenfi.com/. GreenFi helps you save money, earn cash back, and plant trees - all while keeping your money out of fossil fuels. No mandatory fees. No greenwashing. Just a better way to bank.

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0:00.0	If you're an individual and you care about the climate, the biggest impact you can have is what you do with your money.
0:07.2	Where you deposit your money, how you spend your money, and where you invest your money.
0:11.9	That is by far the largest impact you can have.
0:15.3	Much more than buying a solar system and putting on your house, though that's a good thing to do.
0:20.3	And it's much, much more, by the way, than buying an electric vehicle,, though that's a good thing to do. And it's much,
0:20.9	much more, by the way, than buying an electric vehicle, though that is also a good thing to do.
0:25.3	And this is not a niche market. Fully 40% of U.S. adults identify themselves as highly concerned
0:32.2	about the climate and seeking ways that they can make an impact in their own life. And that's
0:37.2	a hundred
0:37.7	million adults. Think of it as Patagonia, but for your bank. Welcome back to how to lend money
0:47.3	to strangers with myself, Brendan LaGrange. And I don't think I'm the only one to have noticed
0:53.5	the fact that if you want to do
0:55.7	anything these days, it's going to cost you some money. It seems like we live our lives
1:02.2	via our debit cards or our credit cards. And yet, that sucks because it means we're getting
1:08.7	poorer and poorer and poorer. But pragmatically,
1:12.7	it also means that if I'm looking to make a change in my life and I want to think about
1:19.1	that change once, but implement it over and over and over, implementing that change via my bank
1:26.1	might make the most sense of all.
1:28.9	If I want to round up my transactions and donate a little bit to charity,
1:34.2	I shouldn't be asked to do that at every shop fire a card terminal.
1:39.0	I should be asked once by my bank, and then it could be implemented every time I tap.
1:45.8	Maybe I want to put a little bit of money into my savings account as penance every time I go to the pub. I shouldn't have to sit down
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