TripAdvisor, Kiva to fund ‘hopes and dreams’ of world’s entrepreneurs

TripAdvisor and Kiva strike strategic partnership where TripAdvisor will offer $250K in loans on behalf of its community.

Lenddo uses social networks to give loans and improve credit

Lenddo, which helps people build credit with small loans and a social-based Klout-like scoring system, raised an $8 million first round of funding Tuesday.

The brains behind Lenddo, co-founders Jeff Stewart and Richard Eldridge and chief scientist Dr. Naveen Agnihotri, …

Micro-lending site Kiva goes green

Kiva, a site that enables person-to-person loans, has just added a new category of green loans to help borrowers move to cleaner and safer forms of energy, green agriculture, transport and recycling. Loans made through Kiva generally go to individuals …