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Microfinance’s Circular Firing Squad

By Ryan Calkins ⋅ November 10, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

Why Kiva should ignore the critics and continue on with the business of revolutionizing microfinance.

Microfinance Roundup May 21, 2009

By Ryan Calkins ⋅ May 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The AFP reports from the Global Microcredit Summit in Spain that the vast majority of the world’s poor still have no access to microcredit. (link)
PC World reports on the work of Mifos to create affordable software solutions for microfinance institutions. (link)
Tim Ferris talks about Matt Flannery, Jessica Jackley, and Muhammad Yunus in “Think Big, Start [...]

Recap of SeaMo Presents: Kiva

By Ryan Calkins ⋅ March 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Over 600 people turned out to hear Matt Flannery speak. Here’s a recap of the night with photos and links to media coverage.

Coverage of Matt Flannery at Town Hall

By Ryan Calkins ⋅ March 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Over 600 people turned out to see Matt Flannery at Town Hall. Keep reading for information about rebroadcasts on Seattle Channel.

Kiva Loans in the US? and Other Kiva News

By Ryan Calkins ⋅ January 11, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Kiva has been busy over the last few months with innovations, experiments, and announcements. In September the two big changes on the site allowed lenders (1) to access funds before the loan was repaid in full and (2) to create “lending teams” amongst affinity groups. (You can see ours here).
Recently Kiva announced a collaboration with [...]

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