Zidisha Forum

Forum Announcements

Subject	Messages	Last Message
Supporting the Zidisha community during the coronavirus pandemic This message was sent by email to all members last Friday. It is reposted here to allow for discussion. Please feel free to post any questions in...	92	Apr 7
FAQ: Our response to the coronavirus pandemic We have received many questions regarding Zidisha's response to the pandemic. Here are our responses to a few of the most common questions: 1. ...	6	Apr 3
Technical error causing borrower account declines A technical error has caused some borrower accounts to be incorrectly declined over the past three days. Please accept my sincere apologies for th...	68	Mar 9
Optional MLF payments replaced with credit risk payments Now that new loans carry required credit risk payments into the Members Loan Fund (https://www.zidisha.org/forum-thread/1629), most new loan applic...	33	Dec 11
Introducing multiple mentor reviews for new members Up until now, members were assigned a Volunteer Mentor once they reached a certain credit limit, and that mentor would need to conduct a background...	35	Dec 11
Update to risk fee structure Starting this week, we are making two changes to the risk fee structure: 1) risk fees are reduced for most loans, and 2) risk fees for new loans is...	65	Oct 16
Mpesa service outage We have received reports that our members in Kenya have been unable to send payments to our Bill Pay today. We are working with Mpesa to resolve t...	31	Sep 3
Zambia disbursement delay We are experiencing delays in processing Zambia disbursements due to a technical error in the MTN platform. My apologies for the unusual delay...	14	Aug 8
Temporary outage of loan acceptance form in Ghana Our payment service provider in Ghana has changed the bank account information that we need to collect in order to disburse loans. This change is ...	54	Jul 18
Borrowers can now accept partially funded loans Up until now, loan applications that were only partially funded by the fundraising deadline have been expired. Starting today, borrowers have the ...	51	Apr 25
Delay in disbursements in Nigeria We are experiencing a delay in disbursing loans in Nigeria, due to the need to process an international funds transfer to our account. I apologize...	29	Apr 3, 2019
Delay in processing December disbursements Many members in Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana have reported not receiving their loans which were funded in December. Others have received their loans, ...	27	Mar 6, 2019
Forum moving to Zidisha website Starting this week, the Forum will be moving to within the Zidisha website: https://www.zidisha.org/forums. We believe the new forum will bett...	44	Mar 1, 2019
Interruption in repayment crediting now fixed Many payments made over the last three days failed to be credited immediately due to a technical error in our website. The error has now been fixe...	4	Feb 13, 2019
Credit risk payments Starting this week, new loans will be asked to make a 10% credit risk payment into the Members Loan Fund. Zidisha is a nonprofit organization, a...	88	Jan 17, 2019
Fundraising period now starts after loans pass staff review Starting today, the fundraising period of fourteen days does not start until after a loan has been successfully reviewed by our team. This is ...	37	Jan 8, 2019
Wait-listed loans As the volume of loan applications continues to grow faster than the supply of lending capital, we have begun wait-listing some loan applications. ...	52	Oct 5, 2018
Why loan applications may not be funded immediately Zidisha is not a bank, but a marketplace that brings together lenders and borrowers who wish to raise loans. Sometimes there is more lending c...	54	Sep 25, 2018
Delay in posting Ghana payments We are experiencing a delay in posting repayments and sending disbursements in Ghana, due to a technical change MTN has made to their payment platf...	87	Aug 30, 2018

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