San Francisco, CA—August 15, 2012—Today Kiva announced a new initiative that enables their global community of lenders to begin funding microloans to some of India’s most geographically isolated, underserved, and socially-excluded people.  To reach these communities, Kiva is partnering with three nonprofit organizations, People’s Forum and Mahashakti Foundation in Odisha and WSDS-Initiate in Manipur.

Los Angeles, CA – June 26, 2012 –  Kiva City Los Angeles, an initiative that enables anyone with access to the internet a chance to support small business owners, local economies, and local jobs in Los Angeles launched today.

March 13, 2012 – San Francisco, CA – Kiva, the world’s first and largest microlending platform, and Reid Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful entrepreneurs, are joining forces to alleviate poverty and open the doors of entrepreneurship worldwide. Hoffman is funding a $1 million free trial program, allowing 40,000 new Kiva users to make a $25 loan to the borrower of their choice at no cost. Since this week’s free trial launch, the rate of new users signing up on Kiva is nine times faster than usual.

At the beginning of this second century of International Women’s Day, there are nearly 3 billion adults who, through no fault of their own, are unbanked or under-banked. The majority are women. Without access to resources to attend school or start or grow a business, her potential and dreams are far too often wasted.

The consequences of these lost opportunities are profound:

Coalition Supporting New "Kiva New Orleans" Initiative Is First Major Community-Driven Effort With Goal of Bringing More Than $500,000 in Microloans to New Orleans Small Businesses; Includes Good Work Network,  ASI Federal Credit Union, Kiva.org and Generation Louisiana

Kiva.org, the world's first personal microlending website, and Visa Inc., a global leader in payments, today announced Kiva City, a new program that will extend small business access to microloans in U.S. cities with the greatest need. The Kiva City program is the latest component of Visa's partnership with Kiva to help U.S. small businesses by expanding their awareness and understanding of microfinance opportunities. The Kiva City program, kicking off in Detroit, was launched as part of a commitment announced today by President Bill Clinton on stage at the Clinton Global Initiative America conference in Chicago.

San Francisco, CA – April 5, 2011 – Kiva.org, the world's first personal micro-lending website, today announced that it has facilitated over $200 million in loans globally. This milestone comes just a little over a year after Kiva reached $100 million in loans, signifying that in the past year alone, the Kiva community has loaned an equal amount to the world’s poor in one year as they had in the previous four years of Kiva’s history combined.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - January 25, 2011) - Meedan, a leading Arabic-English translation technology company announced today it is providing free Arabic translation for microloans on Kiva.org.
The move will help expand the reach of Kiva and its lenders directly into the heart of the Arabic-speaking world, extending a global community of micro-lenders to include thousands of Arabic-speaking aspiring entrepreneurs. Under the program funded by Cisco, Meedan will provide expert translation and strategic guidance to Kiva.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – October 20, 2010 –  Kiva.org, the world's first personal micro-lending website, and Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, today announced a partnership to help U.S. small businesses access and benefit from microloans. Supported by a $1 million contribution from Visa, the partnership expands the reach of Kiva’s pioneering microlending model within the United States to further empower small businesses and support job creation. The announcement coincides with a major Kiva expansion in the Gulf Coast through the addition of ACCION Texas-Louisiana, the largest microfinance institution in the country, to the Kiva Field Partners network. 

August 12, 2010, REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Omidyar Network today announced it has committed $5 million over three years to microlending pioneer Kiva.org. During the first two years of the grant, Omidyar Network will match up to $2 million of online donations from individual Kiva lenders. Amy Klement, Vice President, Investments at Omidyar Network, will join Kiva’s board of directors.

San Francisco, CA – April 21, 2010 – Kiva.org, the world’s first micro-lending website, today announced it has embedded two new Facebook Social Plugins to create a more personalized, social experience on Kiva.org. The new features on Kiva.org will allow users to connect with friends and share their Kiva experience with others.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - September 28, 2009 - Kiva.org -- the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website -- today announced a landmark partnership with Moody's Corporation to bring their credit ratings and risk management expertise to online microfinance.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 20, 2009 - This Mother's Day, mothers are supporting other mothers by investing in their businesses with Kiva Gift Certificates. The perfect gift that keeps on giving, Kiva Gift Certificates stimulate the global economy by providing loans to working mothers across the globe who are entrepreneurs lifting themselves out of poverty.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 16, 2008 - Gift givers can still afford a "gift that keeps on giving" this holiday season, without blowing the budget when times are tight.

While rising gas prices and a credit crisis will force many people to spend carefully this holiday season, Kiva Gift Certificates prove that you can still achieve the "double bottom line" in your gift inventory this year - giving a unique and fun gift that helps those in need, and providing the recipient with the opportunity to "recycle" his/her loan.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - October 17, 2007 - From increasing its total loan portfolio to more than $13 million to reach 20,000 entrepreneurs in developing countries, to an invitation to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, to an endorsement by President Clinton in his new book, "Giving," Kiva.org marked its two-year anniversary today in a very big way. Its second year of unprecedented growth has affected an exponentially growing number of lenders and entrepreneurs and received support from more than 130,000 individuals around the globe, including President Clinton and Oprah Winfrey.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - October 17, 2006 -Kiva.org, the first person-to-person micro-lending Web site that enables an individual to finance a micro-entrepreneur in the developing world, marked its first year anniversary. Since its launch, Kiva.org has become known as "the merger between Microfinance and Web 2.0" due to its ability to create a transparent, connective and affordable option for anyone on the Internet to lend directly to the working poor. Inspired by Mohammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, Kiva's aspiration was to take microfinance online; in just one year, the organization has been widely recognized as the leader in online microfinance, has attracted a significant base of lenders, borrowers and partners, has built a staff and board of directors, and has received accolades from the press and industry leaders.