Can Online Investing End Poverty?

"Invest Wisely. End Poverty." This is the goal of eBay's new online microfinance investment marketplace, MicroPlace. While online microlending has been growing more popular with peer-to-peer offerings such as the non-profit Kiva.org, MicroPlace is charting a whole new course in the microfinance industry, offering socially-minded Americans a new way to offer microloans to entrepreneurs in the developing world. As the only broker-dealer in the microfinance arena, MicroPlace is the first and only online service offering a way for investors to invest in the working poor, and earn both a social and financial return on the investment.
On March 19th, a panel of experts on social development and microfinance discussed MicroPlace's potential to reach everyday investors in the United States, as well as the opportunity to help people in developing countries. The event also touched on the larger themes of microfinance policy and fighting poverty, including how loans provided by microfinance institutions can help the working poor come out of poverty and begin to realize the possibilities of longer-term assets such as a thriving business, home, and nest-egg for retirement, as well as the systemic and institutional challenges the microfinance industry faces in reaching the world's poor.

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News & Politics

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• Poverty
• Ebay
• Microfinance
• MicroPlace
• Investing

[odakueffect]

No.

[chamillionairekid]

If you invest where I invest online!

[areyouthinking]

Microplace and eBay are 2 different things... I am sorry you didn't make enough bottom line on eBay, but really that has NOTHING to do with Microplace! Microplace is and AWESOME opportunity to help people in the world, but without throwing money at the problems. Giving people money doesn't change their life but lending them money and requiring it be paid back enables people to improve their own life! Go Mircoplace!

[Fixhist]

Problem with eBay is,it takes almost 10% out rightly, Together with Paypal fee it makes it inviable to transact.

My experience with eBay,it suits only if you have something of no-value to you,which you could sale for no gain or little gain.

I sold furniture on eBay,I end up paying to eBay with almost no profit to my business.

Paypal is Switzerland based international banking,easy and convenient,Its not friendly to vendor.

Secured or not, micro financing will be a challenge in recovery ? ?? ?