Lendio, an SME lending marketplace, has announced that “Lendio Gives,” its employee-contribution and employer-matching program, has provided more than 20,000 Kiva micro-loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world with 19,417 delivered to women-owned businesses in 79 countries. Kiva is a non-profit lending platform well known… Read More
Ocrolus, a fintech infrastructure company that transforms documents into actionable data, announced on Thursday it has launched a new lending program through a partnership with Kiva, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to connecting people through lending. Ocrolus reported that with the Kiva program it is working… Read More
Kiva, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to connecting people through lending, announced on Monday it has deployed $1 billion in loans to female entrepreneurs around the globe. Kiva reported that its goal is to create a more connected and inclusive financial system that empowers all individuals… Read More
U.S.-based online lending platform Lendio announced on Wednesday it has donated more than $130,000 to underserved business owners nearly 80 countries through Kiva microloans. According to Lendio, the donations were given through continued efforts to support business growth around the world, the Lendio Gives program has funded more than 5,000… Read More
The government of Sierra Leone, the U.N. Capital Development Fund, the U.N. Development Programme and technology and micro lending non-profit Kiva are partnering to build a “blockchain” identity and credit-score system to enhance financial security in Sierra Leone. The project will use distributed ledger built by Kiva,… Read More
On Wednesday, p2p lending platform Lendio announced it has provided loans to more than 1,000 small business owners around the globe through its Lendio Gives program on Kiva. The online lender stated it gave over $25,000 in loans to over 1,200 small business owners in 75 countries…. Read More
PayPal has partnered with Kiva to help provide loans to entrepreneurs. This is the second time PayPal and Kiva have empowered PayPal users to provide loans while receiving a Kiva credit. Last year the campaign say more than 10,000 PayPal customers and employees make loans… Read More
AI platform for data science and machine learning CrowdFlower announced on Thursday the first round winners of the “AI For Everyone” Challenge. The winning proposal, which receives $1 million, are computer vision projects that will label millions of images to build the largest collection of… Read More
On Monday, crowdfunding platform for social good, Kiva, announced it surpassed $1 billion in loans supporting borrowers around the world. The funding portal revealed more than 2.4 million entrepreneurs, farmers, and students globally have been able to launch and expand viable businesses or pursue an… Read More
Kiva, the crowdfunding platform dedicated to connecting people through lending, announced the launch of its International Women’s Day campaign, Invest in Her. While sharing details about the new campaign, the funding portal revealed it is looking to raise $3 million in loans to women by… Read More
Last Thursday, Louisville-based venture capital firm, Access Ventures, announced the launch of Kiva Columbus, a new program that is dedicated to Columbus, Ohio’s small businesses. The company reported Louisville itself has received its second Kiva Fellow since its launch in November 2014. The city is… Read More
Earlier this week, microfinance platform Kiva announced the launch of its new direct to social enterprise program, which is described as a pilot program that aims to raise capital for social enterprises in a new and more efficient way. Kiva revealed in a blog post:… Read More
As you probably know, crowdfunding websites are one of the most popular fundraising options for nonprofits and individuals alike. It makes total sense: crowdfunding enables a group of people–small, large, or in between–to collectively raise money for a specific cause or charity. Plus, crowdfunding is incredibly… Read More
On Wednesday, software global company, Progress, announced that is working with Rangle.io and Google to provide mico-lending platform, Kiva, better applications between its lenders and borrowers. Currently, Kiva’s community is reportedly made up of 1.4 million lenders that have crowdfund more than $2.5 million in loans… Read More
This week, the organizers of Silicon Valley Forum’s Women in Tech Festival announced the event will be taking place on March 30th at Microsoft’s campus in Mountain View, California. This is a full-day celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of women in tech. The Women in Tech Festival… Read More
At age 22, recent George Washington University grad Julia Kurnia co-founded the world’s first microfinance organization built entirely from crowdfunding capital sourced over the internet, using funds raised from Kiva.org in Senegal, West Africa. She spent the next four years managing U.S. government grants to small businesses in… Read More
On Tuesday, Kiva Zip’s Jonny Price announced the lending platform’s numbers from November 2011 (its launch) to December 2015 (present). Kiva Zip is a program from Kiva where people may make loans directly to entrepreneurs for as little as $5. It has three goals: Help… Read More
If you are an entrepreneur in emerging markets, you have probably heard a lot about crowdfunding, but wondered how it could be useful for your early-stage business. In developed markets, crowdfunding is swelling the ranks of early-stage entrepreneurs and bolstering the pipeline of enterprises that… Read More
Microfinance platform Kiva announced the launch of Kiva NYC this week to provide access to capital to small business owners in New York City. Every dollar lent to a small business owner in NYC will be matched up to $1.1 million provided by the MetLife Foundation, Deutsche… Read More
Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) announced on Thursday that it has formed a partnership with Kiva’s loan lender, Kiva Zip, to help underserved small businesses to obtain loans through the QuickBooks Financing Platform. Intuit stated as part of the initiative, the Intuit Financial Freedom Foundation (IFFF) has established… Read More
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