Shivani Siroya: A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
Shivani Siroya: Un nuevo préstamo inteligente para personas (aún) sin crédito
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?
al darles un crédito?
dos filas detrás de Uds.
about that person
in her late thirties.
con casi 40 años.
come to see her for health services,
realizar consultas de salud,
with her at the grocery store
y a ella en el supermercado
and pay her right on the spot
and their health.
sus familias y su salud.
because she trusted them.
porque confiaba en ellos.
going to lend to a stranger
no le prestaría a un extraño
something about them.
and other financial institutions
y otras instituciones financieras
de confiar en nosotros,
se crea mediante
of our public consumer credit data.
de crédito de consumo público.
pretty much easy access
más o menos un acceso fácil
and services that we need,
la compra de una casa,
around the world
public records on them --
registros formales de ellos,
to the credit or financial products
ni a productos financieros
una forma de crear confianza
for these 2.5 billion.
de estos 2500 millones.
mediante datos del móvil.
using mobile data.
smartphones in emerging markets.
inteligentes en los mercados emergentes.
igual que nosotros.
the same way that we do.
they're looking up directions,
buscan instrucciones,
financial transactions.
transacciones financieras.
se capturaron con los móviles
captured on our phones,
of a person's life.
de la vida de la persona.
nos dan acceso a estos datos
nuestra aplicación móvil.
through our mobile application.
the creditworthiness
a small-business owner in Nairobi, Kenya.
un pequeño negocio en Nairobi, Kenia.
has been running a food stall
ha tenido un puesto de comida
through vocational school,
a la escuela profesional,
of her local chama,
to cover her expenses.
como para cubrir sus gastos.
forzarla a endeudarse.
de vida de su familia,
into growing her business.
crecimiento de su negocio.
her options are limited.
sus opciones son limitadas.
that could help vouch for her credibility.
pudiera dar fe de su credibilidad.
would be way too small
serían demasiado pequeños
un impacto en su negocio,
that are well above 300 percent,
superiores al 300 %,
collateral or a credit history,
ni historial de crédito,
and ask for a business loan.
y pedir un préstamo comercial.
to download our application
de descargar nuestra aplicación
questions on her phone
preguntas en su teléfono
key data points on her device.
datos clave de su dispositivo.
and no previous loan history.
y ningún antecedente de préstamo anterior.
a red flag to a traditional bank.
alerta a un banco tradicional.
in her history that showed us
su historia que nos mostraron
de su potencial.
phone calls to her family in Uganda.
regulares a su familia en Uganda.
que los datos muestran
communicate with a few close contacts.
se comunicaban con contactos cercanos.
around a lot throughout the day,
mucho a lo largo del día,
regular travel patterns,
de viaje bastante regulares:
or at her food stall.
o en su puesto de comida.
a six percent increase in repayment
un aumento de 6 % en el reembolso
la mayor parte de su tiempo.
that she communicated a lot
que se comunicaba mucho
throughout the day
durante todo el día
with more than 58 different contacts
con más de 58 contactos diferentes
to be good borrowers.
buenos prestatarios.
with 89 different individuals,
increase in her repayment.
aumento en su reembolso.
of different data points
los miles de datos diferentes
a person's creditworthiness.
la solvencia de una persona.
of these different data points,
estos datos diferentes,
be found on a paper trail
en un registro de papel,
financiero formal.
en los mercados emergentes
and unpredictable on the surface
impredecible en la superficie
the capacity to repay.
y tienen capacidad de reembolso.
over 200,000 loans in Kenya
a dar más de 200 000 créditos en Kenia
are above 90 percent --
están por encima del 90 %
with traditional bank repayment rates.
tasas de pago bancarias tradicionales.
as a credit score,
una calificación crediticia
to build their own futures.
de construir su propio futuro.
their loans for family expenses,
préstamos para gastos familiares,
into growing their businesses.
el crecimiento de sus negocios.
economies and communities
mejores economías y comunidades
of using our product,
usando nuestro producto,
her savings by 60 percent.
sus ahorros el 60 %.
two additional food stalls
de comida adicionales
for her own restaurant.
para poner su propio restaurante.
from a commercial bank,
en un banco comercial,
to prove she deserves it.
crediticio para demostrar que lo merece.
la semana pasada,
she was to get started.
que estaba de empezar.
I didn't think this was for me."
Yo no creía que esto fuera para mí".
of the world that was closed off to her.
del mundo cerrada para ella.
the world to Jenipher
el mundo para Jenipher
that deserve to be trusted.
que merecen confianza.
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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