Shivani Siroya: A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
Shivani Siroya: Een slimme lening voor mensen die (nog) geen kredietgeschiedenis hebben
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?
die twee rijen achter jou zit.
about that person
in her late thirties.
vanuit India naar Amerika.
come to see her for health services,
zijn altijd welkom om langs te komen.
als ze pas later betalen.
with her at the grocery store
altijd tegen in de supermarkt
and pay her right on the spot
and their health.
en gezondheid ging.
because she trusted them.
want ze vertrouwde hen.
aan iemand die we kennen
going to lend to a stranger
lenen niets uit aan vreemden,
something about them.
and other financial institutions
en andere financiële instellingen
of our public consumer credit data.
van ons kredietverleden.
pretty much easy access
and services that we need,
die we nodig hebben:
tot het kopen van een huis
een bedrijfje durven starten.
around the world
public records on them --
to the credit or financial products
tot krediet of financiële produkten
for these 2.5 billion.
toegang verschaffen tot financiën.
een mobiele applicatie gemaakt
using mobile data.
op basis van telefoongegevens.
smartphones in emerging markets.
in ontwikkelingslanden.
the same way that we do.
they're looking up directions,
zoeken naar routebeschrijvingen,
financial transactions.
captured on our phones,
in onze telefoons
of a person's life.
over iemands leven.
toegang tot deze data
through our mobile application.
via onze mobiele applicatie.
the creditworthiness
de kredietwaardigheid te zien
a small-business owner in Nairobi, Kenya.
has been running a food stall
en runt al jaren een eetkraam
through vocational school,
een beroepsopleiding gevolgd.
of her local chama,
to cover her expenses.
om haar uitgaven te dekken.
veilige situatie is dat niet.
van haar familie te verbeteren,
into growing her business.
her options are limited.
zijn haar opties beperkt.
that could help vouch for her credibility.
voor haar garant kan staan.
would be way too small
that are well above 300 percent,
ruim boven de 300%
collateral or a credit history,
of kredietgeschiedenis heeft,
and ask for a business loan.
een bedrijfslening aanvragen.
to download our application
onze applicatie te downloaden
questions on her phone
op haar mobiel beantwoord
key data points on her device.
belangrijke gegevens op haar telefoon.
and no previous loan history.
en geen leengeschiedenis.
a red flag to a traditional bank.
voor de traditionele bank.
in her history that showed us
in haar verleden
van haar mogelijkheden.
phone calls to her family in Uganda.
familie opbelt in Oeganda.
communicate with a few close contacts.
met een paar goede relaties.
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
ondersteunend netwerk heeft.
with more than 58 different contacts
58 personen communiceren
to be good borrowers.
with 89 different individuals,
gecommuniceerd.
increase in her repayment.
of different data points
verschillende datapunten
a person's creditworthiness.
van iemand te zien.
of these different data points,
be found on a paper trail
zijn in een papierstroom
and unpredictable on the surface
riskant en onvoorspelbaar lijken,
the capacity to repay.
over 200,000 loans in Kenya
meer dan 200,000 leningen
are above 90 percent --
with traditional bank repayment rates.
als bij de traditionele banken.
as a credit score,
to build their own futures.
om een toekomst op te bouwen.
their loans for family expenses,
gebruikt voor familie-uitgaven,
into growing their businesses.
van hun bedrijf.
economies and communities
economieën en gemeenschappen
of using our product,
ons product heeft gebruikt,
her savings by 60 percent.
two additional food stalls
for her own restaurant.
restaurant te beginnen.
from a commercial bank,
bij een commerciële bank,
to prove she deserves it.
over een kredietgeschiedenis
Jenipher tegen in Nairobi
she was to get started.
I didn't think this was for me."
of the world that was closed off to her.
onbereikbaar was.
the world to Jenipher
open te stellen voor Jenipher
that deserve to be trusted.
die het vertrouwen verdienen.
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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