Os desafios de um banco solidário na periferia do município de Fortaleza

Abstract

This work consists of a case study about Palmas Bank - Community Development Bank, located in Palmeiras District, on the outskirts of the city of Fortaleza-CE - which has solidarity finance activities for supporting popular economies structured from local associative dynamics. The central question is to answer how Palmas Bank seeks to overcome challenges of the capitalist economy and remain faithful to the principles of solidarity economy, from its foundation to the present moment. The general objective is to describe how Palmas Bank sought to overcome the challenges of the capitalist economy and remain faithful to the principles of solidarity economy from its foundation to the present moment and the specific objectives are: to identify the strategies used by Palmas Bank in the field of Solidarity Economy; to describe how Palmas Bank sought over time to remain faithful to the principles of Solidarity Economy and to assess whether Palmas Bank achieves its purpose as a Solidarity Bank. Regarding the method, this is a qualitative research with a case study; were conducted a bibliographic research and an interview with the founder of Palmas Bank Joaquim Melo, with the full transcript of the interview and the use of the content analysis technique. Regarding the research results, it can be highlighted that the Palmas Bank has and adopts practices that are consistent with the values and principles of Solidarity Economy in Brazil, considering its theory and state of art.