Top Voted Content

Interactive City Research: the future of Banking

Short description:

This studio investigates the effects of digitalization on architectural typology and the contemporary city. In our first year 2006/07, we examine the changes of one particular typology: the architecture of banking. We question the fundamental concept of what a bank is today, and develop architectural strategies for its potential futures.

Mvelopes

Short description:

Budgeting software from Mvelopes.com lets you create a household or personal budget.

Social Lending Watch

Short description:

Excerpt from site:

SocialLendingWatch.com (SLW) exists to provide timely, relevant, and objective information focused exclusively on the Web 2.0 phenomenon known as Social / P2P Lending.

SLW is focused on educating its readers - including potential borrowers and lenders - on the services being offered by companies in web-based Social Lending, and providing information and resources for people to make informed decisions.

SLW is tracking, with interest, the emergence of Social Lending services particularly in the markets of the USA, UK, Canada, and Europe.

 

Kiva

Short description:

How Kiva Works

Choose an Entrepreneur, Lend, Get Repaid

The below diagram shows briefly how money gets from you to a developing-world entrepreneur, and back.

1) Lenders like you browse profiles of entrepreneurs in need, and choose someone to lend to. When they lend, using PayPal or their credit cards, Kiva collects the funds and then passes them along to one of our microfinance partners worldwide.

2) Kiva's microfinance partners distribute the loan funds to the selected entrepreneur. Often, our partners also provide training and other assistance to maximize the entrepreneur's chances of success.

3) Over time, the entrepreneur repays their loan. Repayment and other updates are posted on Kiva and emailed to lenders who wish to receive them.

4) When lenders get their money back, they can re-lend to someone else in need, donate their funds to Kiva (to cover operational expenses), or withdraw their funds.

WikiNode

Short description:

b&f-watch-wiki: wiki-node

to start:

the b&f-watch-wiki in center-wikis:

Interactive City Research: the future of Banking

Short description:

This studio investigates the effects of digitalization on architectural typology and the contemporary city. In our first year 2006/07, we examine the changes of one particular typology: the architecture of banking. We question the fundamental concept of what a bank is today, and develop architectural strategies for its potential futures.

Mvelopes

Short description:

Budgeting software from Mvelopes.com lets you create a household or personal budget.

Social Lending Watch

Short description:

Excerpt from site:

SocialLendingWatch.com (SLW) exists to provide timely, relevant, and objective information focused exclusively on the Web 2.0 phenomenon known as Social / P2P Lending.

SLW is focused on educating its readers - including potential borrowers and lenders - on the services being offered by companies in web-based Social Lending, and providing information and resources for people to make informed decisions.

SLW is tracking, with interest, the emergence of Social Lending services particularly in the markets of the USA, UK, Canada, and Europe.

 

GrowVC

Short description:

Everyone
funding Startups

Grow VC is the first
global crowdfunding
tool for web and mobile
startups.

Kiva

Short description:

How Kiva Works

Choose an Entrepreneur, Lend, Get Repaid

The below diagram shows briefly how money gets from you to a developing-world entrepreneur, and back.

1) Lenders like you browse profiles of entrepreneurs in need, and choose someone to lend to. When they lend, using PayPal or their credit cards, Kiva collects the funds and then passes them along to one of our microfinance partners worldwide.

2) Kiva's microfinance partners distribute the loan funds to the selected entrepreneur. Often, our partners also provide training and other assistance to maximize the entrepreneur's chances of success.

3) Over time, the entrepreneur repays their loan. Repayment and other updates are posted on Kiva and emailed to lenders who wish to receive them.

4) When lenders get their money back, they can re-lend to someone else in need, donate their funds to Kiva (to cover operational expenses), or withdraw their funds.

WikiNode

Short description:

b&f-watch-wiki: wiki-node

to start:

the b&f-watch-wiki in center-wikis:

Interactive City Research: the future of Banking

Short description:

This studio investigates the effects of digitalization on architectural typology and the contemporary city. In our first year 2006/07, we examine the changes of one particular typology: the architecture of banking. We question the fundamental concept of what a bank is today, and develop architectural strategies for its potential futures.

aKos Technology Corporation

Short description:

From site

 aKos Technology Corporation is the pioneering force behind the emergence of mobile remittances. By marrying wireless services and money-transfer technology, we enable wireless carriers to offer remittance services to their subscribers. As a result, individuals can send money internationally from their mobile phone and recipients can receive those funds in cash at merchants they already frequent. Now, wireless carriers can take part in the multi-billion dollar global remittance market.

Wesabe

GrowVC

Short description:

Everyone
funding Startups

Grow VC is the first
global crowdfunding
tool for web and mobile
startups.

Kiva

Short description:

How Kiva Works

Choose an Entrepreneur, Lend, Get Repaid

The below diagram shows briefly how money gets from you to a developing-world entrepreneur, and back.

1) Lenders like you browse profiles of entrepreneurs in need, and choose someone to lend to. When they lend, using PayPal or their credit cards, Kiva collects the funds and then passes them along to one of our microfinance partners worldwide.

2) Kiva's microfinance partners distribute the loan funds to the selected entrepreneur. Often, our partners also provide training and other assistance to maximize the entrepreneur's chances of success.

3) Over time, the entrepreneur repays their loan. Repayment and other updates are posted on Kiva and emailed to lenders who wish to receive them.

4) When lenders get their money back, they can re-lend to someone else in need, donate their funds to Kiva (to cover operational expenses), or withdraw their funds.

WikiNode

Short description:

b&f-watch-wiki: wiki-node

to start:

the b&f-watch-wiki in center-wikis:

Interactive City Research: the future of Banking

Short description:

This studio investigates the effects of digitalization on architectural typology and the contemporary city. In our first year 2006/07, we examine the changes of one particular typology: the architecture of banking. We question the fundamental concept of what a bank is today, and develop architectural strategies for its potential futures.

Openmoney

aKos Technology Corporation

Short description:

From site

 aKos Technology Corporation is the pioneering force behind the emergence of mobile remittances. By marrying wireless services and money-transfer technology, we enable wireless carriers to offer remittance services to their subscribers. As a result, individuals can send money internationally from their mobile phone and recipients can receive those funds in cash at merchants they already frequent. Now, wireless carriers can take part in the multi-billion dollar global remittance market.