Kiva, the Latino Economic Development Center and Capital One Bank have announced the launch of Kiva City D.C., a website that will provide small business owners in the greater Washington, D.C., area with access to crowdfunded microloans.
A new partnership between Capital One Bank, the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) and Kiva, a global microlending organization, will provide small business owners in the D.C. region access to capital through Kiva’s proven crowd-funded microloan program. Sponsored by Capital One Bank, Kiva City D.C. is a new online portal that connects Washington, D.C.-area small businesses with Kiva’s global network of 870,000-plus individual lenders, giving small business owners the opportunity to apply for additional funding to help start, sustain and grow their business...