http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/20/microfinance-meets-match-com Comments for "Microfinance meets Match.com" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/20/microfinance-meets-match-com <p><a title="Kiva: Loans That Change Lives" target="_blank" href="/www.kiva.org/index.php">Kiva</a> is an organization that empowers individuals to make charitable, microfinance loans. Anyone can look at the profiles of businesses (all rural entrepreneurs, currently all in Uganda), make a loan of as little as $25 through PayPal, and stay in contact with their sponsored business for the 6-12 months (average time) it takes to have the loan repaid. </p><p>This is a truly innovative platform for BOP microfinance, and although currently subsisting on seed money from its partner (<a title="Village Enterprise Fund" target="_blank" href="http://www.villageef.org/">Village Enterprise Fund</a>) Kiva intends to be eventually financially sustainable.<br /><br />(Editor's note: this post was picked up by <a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/003664.html" target="_blank">WorldChanging</a>; a nice discussion is ongoing)<br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/20/microfinance-meets-match-com">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/20/microfinance-meets-match-com#comment Financial Services Microfinance Strategy Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:28:22 -0400 _Alex Bloom 1548 at http://www.nextbillion.net