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Category: Microcredit
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Image via CrunchBase According to a recent article in Venture Beat, just a decade ago, if you wanted to invest in a startup you had to know someone. A lawyer, an accountant, a friend of friend would give you a referral to a company looking to raise money, or they’d invite you to invest with them.…
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eBay has moved into the peer-to-peer lending space with the purchase of pre-launch, San Francisco-based MicroPlace. It will face startup competitors Kiva, Zopa, and Prosper. eBay is spinning this as part of its good corporate citizen programs: "MicroPlace is an eBay-like platform for individuals to find and invest in micro finance organizations around the world…
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This year’s winner of the Nobel Peace prize, The Grameen Foundation, and it’s founder, Professor Muhammad Yunus, should finally give microcredit the spotlight it has long deserved. Microcredit has helped countless women and men create a life for themselves and their children who were living below the poverty level in all countries of the world.…
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We have so much that we have to give back to people that are less fortunate. I know, I know it’s my liberal fantasies emerging once again–I can make make a difference and make the world a better place! For better or worse, I still believe in that stuff. The World Bank and the UN…
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