Church probes payday lender 'link'

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Justin Welby
Justin Welby

The Church of England has called for an investigation into its own pension fund after it emerged it had links to Wonga - the payday lender the Archbishop of Canterbury said he wants to take on.

The Financial Times said the fund, which claims to have a strong ethical investment policy that explicitly bans companies involved in payday lending, has invested in Accel Partners, the US venture capital firm that led Wonga's 2009 fundraising.
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