Originally Posted by
TheDream
Zidisha looks interesting, but I don't like having to pay 3.5% to add money with a credit card. Looks like I'll stick with the more established Kiva for the time being.
I didn't realize how addicting making the loans can be. It's fun choosing a borrower from each country! I'm up to 32 loans since I joined last week; hoping to push it to 42 in the next few days. Gotta push the FT group higher!
Use the bill pay feature at your bank to send Zidisha a check. That avoids all fees.
Please join. If you do, use a link and then join the MilePoint team (Flyertalk does not have a team yet). Using the link doubles your impact at the team level. My link is
https://www.zidisha.org/index.php?refid=3284 but you can ask any team member for their link info. Another link is
https://www.zidisha.org/index.php?refid=3287.