Comments on: Loans that Change Lives http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/ An Echo Park Yahoo's place for thoughts on life and the web Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:05:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Think Money http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-53964 Think Money Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:16:51 +0000 http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/#comment-53964 I think you have just tempted me into doing this... Will try and convince the powers at be at work too... I think you have just tempted me into doing this…

Will try and convince the powers at be at work too…

]]> By: BSLM http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-2667 BSLM Sun, 31 Dec 2006 23:40:03 +0000 http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/#comment-2667 GlobeFunder.com is working on social loans P2P too-but to drive scalable funding we will soon launch a marketplace for investment lending to widen the market and increase capital. Millions of dollars in unmet demand for microloans still remains. Please keep writing about it. Thank you. Brian GlobeFunder.com is working on social loans P2P too-but to drive scalable funding we will soon launch a marketplace for investment lending to widen the market and increase capital.

Millions of dollars in unmet demand for microloans still remains. Please keep writing about it.

Thank you. Brian

]]> By: Chad Dickerson’s blog » Blog Archive » Investing in people: microcredit and Kiva.org http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-1944 Chad Dickerson’s blog » Blog Archive » Investing in people: microcredit and Kiva.org Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:06:32 +0000 http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/#comment-1944 [...] Inspired in equal parts by Greg Cohn’s experience with Kiva.org and the awarding of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their work in micro-credit, I decided to make a couple of small loans to enterpreneurs in the developing world. For those who are not familiar with the concept of microcredit, Wikipedia offers this description: Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to the unemployed, to poor entrepreneurs and to others living in poverty who are not bankable. These individuals lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history and therefore cannot meet even the most minimum qualifications to gain access to traditional credit. Microcredit is a part of microfinance, which is the provision of financial services to the very poor; apart from loans, it includes savings, microinsurance and other financial innovations. [...] [...] Inspired in equal parts by Greg Cohn’s experience with Kiva.org and the awarding of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank for their work in micro-credit, I decided to make a couple of small loans to enterpreneurs in the developing world. For those who are not familiar with the concept of microcredit, Wikipedia offers this description: Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to the unemployed, to poor entrepreneurs and to others living in poverty who are not bankable. These individuals lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history and therefore cannot meet even the most minimum qualifications to gain access to traditional credit. Microcredit is a part of microfinance, which is the provision of financial services to the very poor; apart from loans, it includes savings, microinsurance and other financial innovations. [...]

]]> By: marc http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 marc Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:21:06 +0000 http://gregcohn.com/blog/personal/2006/11/loans-that-change-lives/#comment-1456 I am the lawyer of a very wealthy Nigerian ambassador how has recently died in a firey car-crash. Kindly send me $10,000.00 via wire transfer and I will in turn, send you $1.5MM same day. Thank You kind sir. Bless You. ;-) I am the lawyer of a very wealthy Nigerian ambassador how has recently died in a firey car-crash. Kindly send me $10,000.00 via wire transfer and I will in turn, send you $1.5MM same day. Thank You kind sir. Bless You.

;-)

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