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= Consumerium list of alternative financial services lists =

== ~~Multiple~~ countries / ~~global~~ ==

== Socially Responsible Investing ==

* https://www.lendahand.com/ is an online impact investing platform where socially conscious investors can invest in entrepreneurs and sustainable

* [[w:Kiva (organization)|Kiva]] [http://www.kiva.org/ (.org)] is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. It provides P2P microcredits in 82 countries - Their slogan is "To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty"

* [[w:United Prosperity (organisation)|United Prosperity]] [http://www.unitedprosperity.org/ (.org)] is a non-profit organization offering P2P microcredit services and operates with PayPal payments. It does not lend directly to the receiver of the loan, but instead a bank. The microcredit offered by the investors is used as collateral for the bank resulting in the bank effectively loaning almost double the amount of money invested by the investor.

* [[w:Zidisha|Zidisha]] [https://www.zidisha.org/ (.org)] is a non-profit P2P microcredit platform for investing in Africa and Asia. It is the first international P2P microcredit platform ever created.

== Cryptocurrency based lending services ==

* https://www.bitbond.com - Global BTC based P2P lending

* https://www.lendahand.com/ is an online impact investing platform where socially conscious investors can invest in entrepreneurs and sustainable initiatives in emerging countries.

initiatives in emerging countries.

* http://www.pointninecap.com/bitbond - Bitcoin based SME funding

* [[w:BTCJam|BTCJam]] [https://btcjam.com/ (.com)] - P2P loans using [[w:bitcoin|bitcoin]]s

* [[w:Kiva (organization)|Kiva]] [http://www.kiva.org/ (.org)] is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. It provides P2P microcredits in 82 countries - Their slogan is "To connect people through lending to alleviate poverty"

== Multiple countries / currencies ==

* https://www.twino.eu/ is P2P lending service operating in EUR and GBP

* [[w:United Prosperity (organisation)|United Prosperity]] [http://www.unitedprosperity.org/ (.org)] is a non-profit organization offering P2P microcredit services and operates with PayPal payments. It does not lend directly to the receiver of the loan, but instead a bank. The microcredit offered by the investors is used as collateral for the bank resulting in the bank effectively loaning almost double the amount of money invested by the investor.

* [[w:Zidisha|Zidisha]] [https://www.zidisha.org/ (.org)] is a non-profit P2P microcredit platform for investing in Africa and Asia. It is the first international P2P microcredit platform ever created.

= Africa =