Kiva Lender Assistant

KLA shows repayment graphs, partner religious affiliation, lets you set up custom buttons in Kiva's header, and more!
What is Kiva Lender Assistant?
Kiva Lender Assistant is a Chrome extension that provides additional information and features to enhance your lending experience on Kiva. It includes repayment graphs, partner details, custom buttons, and more!

Extension stats

Users: 153 ▼ -8
Rating: 5.00 (10)
Version: 2.0.4 (Last updated: 2023-08-27)
Creation date: 2020-03-26
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tts
  • storage
  • notifications
  • https://www.kiva.org/
  • https://api.kivaws.org/
  • http://www.kivalens.org/
Size: 211.97K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Kiva Lender Assistant This extension is not endorsed or supported by Kiva. It augments Kiva's site by adding more information directly onto Kiva's site. It will talk about (yes, it can talk if you switch that on!) things it notices about your portfolio, loans, lenders, teams and partners. It will also activate existing Kiva features that are not well known and switched off by default (super graphs for teams and lenders and Kiva Live where you can watch site activity in real-time).

Lender/Team Pages When hovering over any link anywhere on the site that goes to a lender or team page, the extension will pull information on that lender/team and then speak some basic details if speech is on. When visiting a lender's page, instead of showing the old graphs, there are "Super Graphs" that display which allow for much more control over what you're seeing. Lender pages also include a link to a "3D Wall" visualization of any lender's portfolio.

Kiva Live The extension will look up and speak details about each ticker item as long as there is time to do so. For example, when a lender joins a team, in addition to reading that ticker entry, given time (slow site activity), it will look up details on the team and tell you how long they've been around and how many members and loans they have. When a lender makes a loan, given time, it will look up how many loans they've made total, how long they've been on Kiva and what their top lending sectors are.

Chrome Omnibar In Chrome's URL/Search bar, just type "kiva cattle" and the extension will automatically send a query for "cattle" to Kiva's lend tab. If you type "kiva" and start typing another word it will also display some popular Kiva pages that you can immediately jump to.

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User reviews

The Kiva Lender Assistant can be used with Kiva’s site to insert extra data/graphs onto Kiva.org pages as well as dding custom buttons to Kiva to improve your lending experience. Paul, the developer, also has also set up KivaLens.org to provide even more tools to avid Kiva Lenders. Paul is very responsive to suggestions, requests (and even complaints). Consider joining the KivaLens Team ( https://www.kiva.org/team/kivalens ) and taking part in the lively interchanges on team message board. Please understand that using the Kiva Lender Assistant does not require Kiva Lens membership, just my suggestion that if you find the lender assistant helpful you might also enjoy the benefits of Kiva Lens as well.
by L T Hanley, 2016-06-11

This extension for Kiva lenders adds much functionality and represents a total rewrite of a previous tool of the same name.
by al anway, 2016-06-11

Kiva Lender Assistant adds so much functionality to the Kiva lending experience. I use it all the time.
by Nancy Somers, 2016-06-11
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Kiva Lender Assistant requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Kiva Lender Assistant is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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