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Micro-Grants, in Person-to-Person fashion: DonorsChoose.org 26 Jan 2011 | 09:08 pm
DonorsChoose.org facilitates privately-funded Micro-grants benefit students in the classroom. The non-profit was founded in 2000 by teachers in the South Bronx as a way to help support their classroom...
Paying for college the peer to peer way 26 Jan 2011 | 09:07 pm
With Fynanz exiting the US student loan market earlier this month there’s still room in the student loan market for a peer to peer player. Lending Club requires a swift three-year repayment, and the ...
Kiva Adds Currency Risk Protection 26 Jan 2011 | 09:07 pm
I recently read Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus, and was surprised that one of the primary barriers to stability in the microfinance business is currency fluctuations between countries. It makes...
A Note on Note Trading 26 Jan 2011 | 09:06 pm
Peer to Peer lending has been around via Prosper.com and LendingClub.com for a while now, but another option that is less prominent is after-market note trading on these sites. There are many advanta...
Some news from SmartHippo 26 Jan 2011 | 09:05 pm
We covered SmartHippo back during Finovate Startup, but wanted to update our readers on some exciting developments at their firm. Please see the attached press releases for more info. SmartHippo name...
PEOPLE CAPITAL LAUNCHES HUMAN CAPITAL SCORE COLLEGE PLANNING TOOL 26 Jan 2011 | 09:05 pm
The following is a press release from People Capital, posted exactly as sent to Prosper Lending Review. New Web Tool Allows Student and College Planning Consultants to Compare College Options NEW YO...
Mint Selling to Intuit for $170 Million 26 Jan 2011 | 09:05 pm
Mint.com, the leader in online personal financial management has just signed an agreement to be purchased by Intuit (makers of Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax) for an amount disclosed as “approximate...
Financial Start-ups Form ‘Coalition for New Credit Models’ 26 Jan 2011 | 09:04 pm
Washington, D.C. – October 20, 2009 – Amid historic regulatory reforms being considered by the new administration and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the Coalition for New Credit Models announced its forma...
An introduction - lending through Prosper 26 Jan 2011 | 09:03 pm
Grameen Bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for their work making small loans to poor people with big dreams. Prosper is a website that tries to extend the microcre...
Analyzing Prosper data 26 Jan 2011 | 09:03 pm
Prosper has created a set of 3rd party tools that allow developers real time access to lending data on Prosper. This has allowed enthusiasts and academics to create all kinds of different ways of look...
