We enable people without access to traditional banks (including many women) to expand their businesses, educate their children, save for the future and raise themselves out of poverty. Through Kiva, a non-profit organisation working with microfinance institutions, you choose a borrower to support with a loan of just $25. Similar loans by other lenders are combined until the required total is reached. As your money is repaid you can withdraw it or lend it to someone else. Money that is loaned over and over again does more good than a one-time donation. Join 'Genealogists for Families' - together we are making a difference!

20 March 2012

The How and Why of Auto-Lending (Tuesday's Tip)

Here is another tip for 'Genealogists for Families' Kiva team members.

Check your account settings now. Do they suit the way you use Kiva?

Many Kiva loans are repaid in monthly installments, but there may be times when you cannot check your Kiva credit on repayment day (for example, if you are travelling, ill or just very busy). To avoid leaving money sitting idle when it could be used for another loan, or to control what happens to your Kiva credit when you depart this life, you can, as a precaution, set up Auto-Lending.

(September 2013: Please see the updated instructions for auto-lending.)
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Posted by Judy Webster

3 comments:

  1. Judy Webster20 March, 2012 13:55

    Comments from team members prompted me to change the original post slightly. It now says, 'To avoid leaving money sitting idle when it could be used for another loan, or to control what happens to your Kiva credit when you depart this life, you can, as a precaution, set up Auto-Lending.'

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  2. M. Diane Rogers24 March, 2012 13:07

    Thanks for pointing out the autolending option. I've been in and updated my settings accordingly. (I hadn't thought about 'afterlife lending' but what a good idea.)

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    1. Judy Webster24 March, 2012 17:14

      Diane, I like your term 'afterlife lending'. What a shame I didn't think of it when I was explaining the auto-lending settings. :-)

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