Crowdfunding
Giving. Donating.
Lending.
Investing.
GiveDirectly transfers about USD 1,000 to very poor families over the course a year. It makes no rules or even suggestions about how to use the cash. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/givedirectly-cash-transfers_n_7339040.html https://www.givedirectly.org
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/04/givedirectly-cash-transfers_n_7339040.html https://www.givedirectly.org
Sources http://www.gofundme.com/ https://www.indiegogo.com/ https://www.kickstarter.com/
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf
Sources https://www.fundingcircle.com/ https://www.kabbage.com/ https://www.lendingclub.com/ https://www.ondeck.com/ https://www.prosper.com/ https://www.ratesetter.com/ https://www.sofi.com/ http://www.zopa.com/
Marketplace lenders
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/feb/15/major-peer-to-peer-lenders-profiled
Sources http://www.medstartr.com/ https://watsi.org/
Sources http://www.catapult.org/ https://www.piggybackr.com/
Sources http://www.booomerang.dk/ https://myc4.com/ https://www.zidisha.org/
Sources https://www.7crowd.ch/ http://www.100-days.net/ https://www.cashare.ch/ http://c-crowd.com/ https://www.goheidi.ch/ http://impact.sosense.org/ https://wemakeit.com/
https://www.fidor.de/, a digital-only bank, has turned its customer base into a community and itself into a trusted advisor. What Fidor does: Incentivizes members to contribute product suggestions, service reviews or spending tips. Enables peer-to-peer lending.
Enables crowdfunding for businesses and gamification strategies that reward participation. http://www.psfk.com/2014/11/banks-future-experience-design-perspective.html
Sources https://www.abundancegeneration.com/ http://eureeca.com/ http://www.rockethub.com/ https://www.spacehive.com/ http://yomken.com/ https://www.zoomaal.com/
Sources https://www.seedmatch.de/ http://www.smava.de/ http://www.startnext.de/
Sources https://www.bondora.com/ https://www.companisto.com/ http://startsomegood.com/
Platforms such as https://openfolio.com/, https://www.estimize.com/, and https://www.mint.com/ are creating transparency and making publicly available data that is empowering consumers to make their own investment decisions.
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf
Sources https://www.acorns.com/ https://www.betterment.com/ https://www.futureadvisor.com/ https://intelligent.schwab.com/ https://www.personalcapital.com/ https://www.robinhood.com/ https://www.wealthfront.com/
Automated advisors
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf
Sources https://angel.co/ https://circleup.com/ https://www.crowdfunder.com/ https://www.fundable.com/ https://www.investiere.ch/
http://www.parksquare.com/uploads/insights/TheFutureofFinance_Part_3_03-13-15.pdf
Further inspiration https://delicious.com/frankcalberg/crowdfunding