Offers people the opportunity to lend small sums of money through a network of microfinance institutions and individuals, to help entrepreneurs in developing countries to start self-sufficent businesses. Includes information about the loan cycle, reports on current and earlier projects, and repayment statistics.

http://www.kiva.org/ [ network of microfinance ]

    Provides online market for social lending where people can lend and borrow money with each other, sidestepping the financial institutions.

http://zopa.com/ [ social lending ]

    Marketplace providing online person-to-person lending, users can submit a listing and trough a open bidding process get competitive rates for loans.

http://www.prosper.com/ [ person-to-person lending ]