Finextra Research news:
US P2P lending outfit Prosper has sold a convertible promissory note worth $1 million at 15% per annum interest to the venture capital firm run by ... (Read More)
Finextra Research news:
P2P lending outfit Prosper is looking to cash in on green consumer interests by partnering with electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero to offer a hire ... (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine's president approved an increase in social spending that will balloon the government deficit, a move that will likely lead to a suspension of IMF lending to the country. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
[Germany] Every financial crisis has its loosers, but it also has its winners. In Germany it is the “social lending” online platform Smava. Not only has Germany’s leading consumer safety group Stiftung Warentest recommended the peer-to-peer credit market place over other competitors for the third year in a row. The company (Read More)
readwriteweb:
When Facebook first welcomed 3rd party applications, Lending Club caused a stir with its peer-to-peer money exchange. While others like Prosper had paved the way for small online loans, only Lending Club dared to integrate its services into a social network. Today, Facecard aims to improve upon the model by expanding its pr (Read More)
Mashable!:
Ford has generously offered to make a donation to Mashable’s Summer of Social Good Charity Fund. 50 of their Ford Fiesta Movement Agents will be donating $2 per retweet for this post up to 3,000 retweets.We’ve shown you simple ways to change the world without a huge time commitment, and now it’s time to think about making u (Read More)
Mashable!:
As a part of our charitable campaign, the Summer of Social Good, we’ve focused on how individuals and organizations can use social media to create positive social change. This week, we’re focusing on the environment in particular and want to hear from you about how you do good.We invite you to share in one tweet or many how (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Good news for P2P lending and trading platform Prosper as it concludes its 9-month hiatus during which it was not allowed to continue its loan operations in the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission is now greenlighting Prosper to facilitate peer-to-peer lending in 14 states with more on the way, borrowing n (Read More)
Mashable!:
On Monday we asked you to submit a 12 second video of you doing something for the Summer of Social Good charity campaign – anything from exclaiming your support to playing a song…and you obliged! We’ve included a few of the clips below, but please remember to submit yours by Friday July 10th at noon EST. Three random winn (Read More)
Mashable!:
Do you have a webcam? Can you record a 12 second video? If so, you could win one of three Kodak Zi6 pocket cameras, courtesy of @KodakCB! We want you to create an entertaining 12 second clip to help raise awareness for the Summer of Social Good charity campaign. All you need to do is visit the #12forGood Week page on 12 (Read More)
mashable:
This week we ran a special Summer of Social Good charity promotion and many of you got involved. Mashable and the whole Summer of Social Good team would like to thank everyone who donated, tweeted, retweeted and showed their support. While the promotion might be over now, because of the great response we will be doing this (Read More)
Mashable!:
We’re one month into the Summer of Social Good and we’d like to provide a few tips for newcomers and previous donors about how to get more involved in the campaign. After a lot of great feedback and help from you, our readers, I’d like to introduce two main new initiatives: #Teams4Good and “Promotion for Donation.” Looking (Read More)
Mashable!:
If you had 3.6 million Twitter followers and counting, what would you do with all of that influence? Well, if you’re Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) and Demi Moore (@mrskutcher), you’d put your combined Twitter influence (Ashton alone has far surpassed the 2 million follower mark) to good and raise awareness and funds for the hung (Read More)
TechCrunch:
If Ariadne Capital is backing virtual worlds, you’ve got to know they’re a safe bet for the future. The VC firm has announced it’s adding two UK virtual world companies to its portfolio - NearGlobal and RealLife.Ariadne has in the past advised Skype, Espotting, voice-to-content leader Spinvox, P2P lending and borrowing star (Read More)
Mashable!:
This week, we’re announcing #FindingTheGood, our newest themed week of Mashable’s Summer of Social Good campaign. As a part of #FindingTheGood, we’ll be providing you with a closer look at the four charities involved in Summer of Social Good — WWF, The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, and Oxfam America — and how they’re using so (Read More)