Who are Kivas competitors?

27 Competitors Kiva Systems’s competitors are Fabric, RightHand Robotics, Locus Robotics, Osaro, inVia Robotics and more.

Do you make money with Kiva?

Yes, most borrowers on Kiva do pay interest to Kiva’s local Field Partners in some form. Field Partners collect interest from borrowers because there are many expenses associated with providing small loans in developing markets, especially in rural areas.

What is Kiva’s approach to microfinancing?

What is Kiva? Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Kiva acts as a micro-lending platform, or a place where people who need a loan and people who want to loan money can find and connect with one another.

How many employees does Kiva have?

Headquartered in San Francisco, Kiva’s team has 100+ employees and 450+ volunteers worldwide.

What is unique about Kiva?

What makes us unique. We believe lending alongside thousands of others is one of the most powerful and sustainable ways to create economic and social good. Lending on Kiva creates a partnership of mutual dignity and makes it easy to touch more lives with the same dollar. Fund a loan, get repaid, fund another.

Is Kiva real?

Kiva is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 2006, and donations are tax-deductible.

Why is Kiva bad?

Kiva is not efficient. And the loans you make to them are not for what you think. Typical specialized microfinance [are] 6 or 7 times more efficient than Kiva in getting money from investor to poor person. Kiva’s initial attraction was that it was a peer-to-peer lender, but it is not in fact a peer-to-peer at all.

Is Kiva any good?

Kiva has only a 2.5 out of 5 on Trustpilot, but that score comes from just 13 reviews. And frankly, they’re not all very helpful. All the reviews are from people who lent money rather than people who borrowed. So the negative reviews complain that they never got repaid, while the positive reviews say it’s easy to give.