It’s like karmic cash. You get as good as you give. And Marie Lumen Clersaint is Brooklyn’s reigning queen of sou-sous — an informal savings club popular among Caribbean and African immigrants. When ...

If you are one of those people who just cannot get themselves to save money for a rainy day, a sou-sou may be just what you need to build up that little nest egg you have heard your girlfriends brag ...

When Fonta Gilliam joined the foreign service out of school, she didn’t expect it would lead her to entrepreneurship. But after seeing community lending in practice throughout her work in East Asia ...

If you haven’t heard of a sou-sou you’re not alone. But this poor man’s savings club has been all the rage for centuries among Caribbean, Asian and Latino communities in America. Originating in Africa ...

Promoters of illegal “sou-sou” pyramid schemes, some using the Black Lives Matter movement to snare victims, want Black folks to believe their participation is for a good cause. To do this, promoters ...

Eliza Briscoe was told that all she had to do was put up $500 and bring in two additional people who would each contribute the same amount of money. In a little more than four weeks, she would get ...

Is it a criminal offence to participate in a sou-sou? There are people like me who find it difficult to understand and follow the choices that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago makes. A Government ...

Institutional racism has created such a huge wealth gap in America that pyramid-scheme promoters are able to persuade Blacks to put aside common sense with promises that they can have a piece of their ...