Shivani Siroya: A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
Shivani Siroya: Un prestito intelligente gente senza (ancora) storia creditizia
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
di conoscere qualcuno
making a loan?
di fargli un prestito?
about that person
in her late thirties.
dall'India a quasi 40 anni.
come to see her for health services,
per una consulta medica,
with her at the grocery store
i suoi pazienti all'alimentari
and pay her right on the spot
per pagarla proprio lì
and their health.
e della loro salute.
because she trusted them.
perché si fidava di loro.
che conosciamo
going to lend to a stranger
soldi a uno sconosciuto
something about them.
and other financial institutions
e altre istituzioni finanziarie
of our public consumer credit data.
dei nostri dati creditizi al consumo.
pretty much easy access
abbiamo più facilmente accesso
and services that we need,
di cui abbiamo bisogno,
around the world
public records on them --
note formali pubbliche su di loro,
to the credit or financial products
a prodotti creditizi o finanziari
for these 2.5 billion.
a quei 2,5 miliardi di persone.
using mobile data.
usando i dati del telefono.
smartphones in emerging markets.
di smartphone nei mercati emergenti.
the same way that we do.
proprio come facciamo noi.
they're looking up directions,
usano il navigatore,
financial transactions.
transazioni finanziarie.
captured on our phones,
registrati sui nostri telefoni,
of a person's life.
sulla vita della gente.
through our mobile application.
attraverso questa app.
the creditworthiness
la solvibilità
a small-business owner in Nairobi, Kenya.
una piccola imprenditrice di Nairobi, Kenya.
has been running a food stall
ha gestito una bancarella alimentare
through vocational school,
in una scuola professionale,
of her local chama,
del suo chama locale,
va bene.
to cover her expenses.
per coprire le spese.
potrebbe farla fallire.
into growing her business.
nella crescita del suo commercio.
her options are limited.
le opzioni sarebbero limitate.
that could help vouch for her credibility.
che ne farebbe da garante.
would be way too small
sarebbe comunque troppo piccolo
that are well above 300 percent,
che sono ben sopra il 300%,
collateral or a credit history,
una garanzia o un passato creditizio,
and ask for a business loan.
e chiedere un prestito.
to download our application
a scaricare la nostra app
questions on her phone
domande sul telefono
key data points on her device.
dati chiave sul suo apparecchio.
and no previous loan history.
e nessun prestito precedente.
a red flag to a traditional bank.
bandiera rossa a banche tradizionali.
in her history that showed us
nella sua storia che hanno mostrato
phone calls to her family in Uganda.
la sua famiglia in Uganda.
communicate with a few close contacts.
costantemente con pochi contatti.
around a lot throughout the day,
durante il giorno,
regular travel patterns,
or at her food stall.
o alla bancarella.
a six percent increase in repayment
di aumento nei rimborsi
that she communicated a lot
che comunicava molto
throughout the day
durante il giorno
with more than 58 different contacts
con più di 58 contatti differenti
to be good borrowers.
with 89 different individuals,
increase in her repayment.
di aumento nei rimborsi.
of different data points
dei mille dati diversi
a person's creditworthiness.
per capire la solvibilità della gente
of these different data points,
tutti questi dati,
be found on a paper trail
nella documentazione cartacea
and unpredictable on the surface
e imprevedibile in superficie,
the capacity to repay.
le capacità per ripagare.
over 200,000 loans in Kenya
permesso di fare 200 000 prestiti in Kenya
are above 90 percent --
sono sopra il 90 per cento
with traditional bank repayment rates.
di rimborso di qualsiasi banca.
as a credit score,
come l'affidabilità creditizia,
to build their own futures.
di costruire il proprio futuro.
their loans for family expenses,
i loro prestiti per spese familiari,
into growing their businesses.
nello sviluppo delle loro attività.
economies and communities
migliori economie e comunità
of using our product,
usando il nostro prodotto,
her savings by 60 percent.
risparmi del 60 per cento.
two additional food stalls
due nuovi bancarelle alimentari
for her own restaurant.
per un ristorante tutto suo.
from a commercial bank,
per una piccola impresa ad un'altra banca
to prove she deserves it.
che certifica che se lo merita.
she was to get started.
all'idea di star per iniziare.
I didn't think this was for me."
che ce l'avrei fatta. Io non lo pensavo."
of the world that was closed off to her.
del mondo non accessibile a lei.
the world to Jenipher
è aprire il mondo a Jenipher
that deserve to be trusted.
meritano di essere creduti.
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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