Comments on: Kiva: Micro Foundations for Micro Loans? http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/137/kiva-micro-foundations-for-micro-loans/ Experience with Lending Club & Prosper.com Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Personal Loan Portfolio http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/137/kiva-micro-foundations-for-micro-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Personal Loan Portfolio Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/?p=137#comment-1058 I received a boilerplate response back for now: "Thanks so much for your email! I'll be sure to share your suggestion with the rest of the team. Best wishes, Gerard" I received a boilerplate response back for now:

“Thanks so much for your email! I’ll be sure to share your suggestion with the rest of the team.

Best wishes,
Gerard”

]]> By: Personal Loan Portfolio http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/137/kiva-micro-foundations-for-micro-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Personal Loan Portfolio Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:37:02 +0000 http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/?p=137#comment-1051 I saw that it is an option to have your payments earned go back to Kiva. However, I did not see where you could call it a donation up front so I don't think that you can write it all off as a tax deduction up front. Is that correct? I saw that it is an option to have your payments earned go back to Kiva. However, I did not see where you could call it a donation up front so I don’t think that you can write it all off as a tax deduction up front. Is that correct?

]]> By: Tom http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/137/kiva-micro-foundations-for-micro-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Tom Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:06:36 +0000 http://www.personalloanportfolio.com/?p=137#comment-1049 You don't make any money when you lend on Kiva. Any interest earned on the loans goes back to Kiva to cover operating costs. You don’t make any money when you lend on Kiva. Any interest earned on the loans goes back to Kiva to cover operating costs.

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