Shivani Siroya: A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
Shivani Siroya: 向没有信用历史的人提供的智能贷款
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.
的时候从印度来到美国
come to see her for health services,
和邻居提供健康服务
with her at the grocery store
和她在食品杂货店或者是在人行道上
and pay her right on the spot
and their health.
because she trusted them.
going to lend to a stranger
不会借钱给陌生人
something about them.
and other financial institutions
of our public consumer credit data.
的整合和分析中产生
pretty much easy access
and services that we need,
around the world
public records on them --
to the credit or financial products
的贷款和金融产品
for these 2.5 billion.
using mobile data.
建立信用评分
smartphones in emerging markets.
超过10亿的智能手机
the same way that we do.
they're looking up directions,
也看地图查方向
financial transactions.
captured on our phones,
这些数据都存在我们的手机里
of a person's life.
through our mobile application.
the creditworthiness
a small-business owner in Nairobi, Kenya.
詹妮弗的信誉度
has been running a food stall
在中心商业区的食品摊位数十年
through vocational school,
of her local chama,
to cover her expenses.
都会让她陷入债务
into growing her business.
her options are limited.
她的选择也很有限
that could help vouch for her credibility.
来帮助保证她的可信度
would be way too small
她能贷款的额度也非常小
that are well above 300 percent,
collateral or a credit history,
没有抵押或者信用记录
and ask for a business loan.
to download our application
下载了我们的应用
questions on her phone
key data points on her device.
几个关键数据的权限
and no previous loan history.
之前也没有贷款历史
a red flag to a traditional bank.
in her history that showed us
phone calls to her family in Uganda.
给乌干达的家人打电话
communicate with a few close contacts.
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
to be good borrowers.
with 89 different individuals,
increase in her repayment.
of different data points
a person's creditworthiness.
不同数据中的一部分
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
仅仅在去年一年
are above 90 percent --
with traditional bank repayment rates.
as a credit score,
to build their own futures.
their loans for family expenses,
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.
能够证明自己的资格的信用历史
she was to get started.
I didn't think this was for me."
我都不相信这些都是为我准备的。”
of the world that was closed off to her.
the world to Jenipher
向詹妮弗以及像她一样的
that deserve to be trusted.
打开世界的大门
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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