Smart Money

In the new world of social networks, 'connectivity' and mass peer-to- peer communication, finance is changing - access to money is opening up as power is transferred from established channels to communities and 'crowds'. In Smart Money, key global innovators explore the potential of these new forms of finance, covering topics such as Microfinance; Crowdfunding; Peer-to-Peer Lending; Impact Investing; Venture Philanthropy; Bitcoins and Other Crypto-Currencies; Invoice Factoring Finance and Asset Venture Capital; The View from the Banks; Learning and Sharing in the Age of Social Media; The Future. By democratising finance, these innovations offer opportunities for social development on an unprecedented scale.