Been busy this week with BBC Click taking a look at how the web is changing the way we lend, borrow and trade currencies. My report can be seen on BBC News 24 on Sat and Sun morning EARLY - 6.45 ish ! But of course you can see it on Click On-line from Sat I think.......also on BBC World from today.
Some great sites featured in this weeks report: Kiva.org - Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you've sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.
Zopa.com - 
Please let me have some feedback and think about the possibility of helping people via Kiva. As The Huffington Post says :
"Kiva.org allows people the very American satisfaction of both helping someone and getting their money back."
A win - win.....
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Look forward to seeing it Katie. Mr Akrigg and I managed to get a video of Dave Nicholson from Zopa.com this afternoon - we'll post soon and compare notes ;)
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