Shivani Siroya: A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
שיווני סירוייה: הלוואה חכמה לאנשים ללא הסטוריית אשראי (עדיין)
Shivani Siroya created a tool that allows anyone with a cell phone to build a financial track record. Full bio
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to know about a person
making a loan?
about that person
in her late thirties.
בשנות השלושים המאוחרות שלה.
come to see her for health services,
לבוא אליה לשרותי בריאות,
with her at the grocery store
בחנות המכולת
and pay her right on the spot
and their health.
because she trusted them.
going to lend to a stranger
something about them.
and other financial institutions
of our public consumer credit data.
של המידע הציבורי הצרכני שלנו.
pretty much easy access
and services that we need,
around the world
public records on them --
to the credit or financial products
for these 2.5 billion.
עבור 2.5 המיליארד האלה.
using mobile data.
בשימוש במידע מניידים.
smartphones in emerging markets.
בשווקים מתעוררים.
the same way that we do.
they're looking up directions,
הם מחפשים הוראות ניווט,
financial transactions.
captured on our phones,
of a person's life.
through our mobile application.
דרך האפליקציה הניידת שלנו.
the creditworthiness
a small-business owner in Nairobi, Kenya.
בעלת עסק קטן בניירובי קניה.
has been running a food stall
ובמשך עשורים הפעילה דוכן מזון
through vocational school,
שהיא העבירה בית ספר מקצועי,
of her local chama,
to cover her expenses.
כדי לכסות את ההוצאות.
into growing her business.
her options are limited.
האופציות שלה מוגבלות.
that could help vouch for her credibility.
שתוכל לערוב לאמינות שלה.
would be way too small
that are well above 300 percent,
מ 300 אחוז,
collateral or a credit history,
and ask for a business loan.
to download our application
להוריד את האפליקציה
questions on her phone
key data points on her device.
על המכשיר שלה.
and no previous loan history.
ואין לה הסטורית הלוואות קודמת.
a red flag to a traditional bank.
in her history that showed us
שהראו לנו
phone calls to her family in Uganda.
למשפחה שלה באוגנדה.
communicate with a few close contacts.
עם כמה אנשי קשר קרובים.
around a lot throughout the day,
regular travel patterns,
or at her food stall.
a six percent increase in repayment
that she communicated a lot
throughout the day
with more than 58 different contacts
מ 58 אנשי קשר שונים
to be good borrowers.
with 89 different individuals,
increase in her repayment.
of different data points
a person's creditworthiness.
את ערך האשראי של אדם.
of these different data points,
be found on a paper trail
and unpredictable on the surface
the capacity to repay.
over 200,000 loans in Kenya
לספק יותר מ 200,000 הלוואות בקניה
are above 90 percent --
with traditional bank repayment rates.
של בנקים מסורתיים.
as a credit score,
to build their own futures.
לבנות את העתיד שלהם.
their loans for family expenses,
להוצאות משפחתיות,
into growing their businesses.
economies and communities
of using our product,
her savings by 60 percent.
two additional food stalls
for her own restaurant.
from a commercial bank,
to prove she deserves it.
המוכיחה שזה מגיע לה.
she was to get started.
I didn't think this was for me."
לא חשבתי שזה בשבילי."
of the world that was closed off to her.
the world to Jenipher
היא לפתוח את העולם לג'ניפר
that deserve to be trusted.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shivani Siroya - Mobile finance entrepreneurShivani Siroya created a tool that allows anyone with a cell phone to build a financial track record.
Why you should listen
Shivani Siroya is the CEO & Founder of Tala, a company that facilitates financial access to small businesses owners around the world by providing mobile financial tracking tools and direct flexible financing in order to help these businesses and their communities lift themselves out of poverty. She was selected as a TED Fellow in 2013.
Siroya has a wide array of professional experiences in global health, micro-finance and investment banking. Prior to Tala, she worked health costing at UNFPA and Mergers & Acquisitions at Health Net and Citigroup.
Siroya is a 2011 Echoing Green Fellow and 2011Unreasonable Institute Fellow. She is also a blogger for the Huffington Post and has written on Microfinance 2.0 as well as small business growth in the U.S. She is also on the board of ReWork and Young Women Social Entrepreneurs.
Siroya holds a M.P.H in Health Economics and International Policy from Columbia University and a B.A. in International Relations from Wesleyan University.
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