eBay has officially moved into the peer-to-peer lending space with the purchase of MicroPlace. This is significant because eBay is far from the first to enter this space - which is currently dominated by Kiva, Zopa, and Prosper - however, they are by far the largest, by a long shot.
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Mobile telephony has been a boom for the BOP; however, mobile phones have certain infrastructure requirements that not all BOP communities can provide - most specifically electricity. In many communities at the bottom of the pyramid, electricity comes intermediatly, if at all. A new phone, from Chinese electronics manufacturer THM seeks to solve this problem. […]

Microfinance and Microinsurance can create enormous opportunities for segments of the BOP. But, what happens when the market is not ready for these instruments. A post today from PSD  (the Private Sector Development Blog) investigates these issues and reviews some of the conclusions of a recent study in India’s Andhra Pradesh State (home of Hyderabad). […]