Daily Archives: June 10, 2009

Microcredit institution moving to the West

By Flavie | Published: June 10, 2009

The Internet-based lending program Kiva will now turn to the United States to fight poverty after serving third world countries for the past four years. Its president Kemal Shah said access to credit has become more difficult for small business owners because of the economic crisis, particularly in the U.S. Kiva allows individual lenders to [...]

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Microcredit institution moving to the West

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