Shivani Siroya: A smart loan for people with no credit history (yet)
Shivani Siroya: Um empréstimo Inteligente para pessoas sem pontuação de crédito (ainda)
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to know about a person
sobre uma pessoa
making a loan?
para fazerem um empréstimo?
emprestar 1000 dólares
sobre essa pessoa
about that person
in her late thirties.
já com trinta e muitos anos.
come to see her for health services,
a vizinhos e amigos
de imediato ou não.
with her at the grocery store
com os doentes, no supermercado
and pay her right on the spot
naquele momento
and their health.
e pela saúde.
because she trusted them.
porque confiava neles.
a alguém que conhecemos
going to lend to a stranger
não vai emprestar a estranhos
something about them.
um pouco sobre eles.
de cartões de crédito
and other financial institutions
da nossa pontuação de crédito.
of our public consumer credit data.
e análise dos dados
pretty much easy access
um acesso muito fácil
de que precisamos,
and services that we need,
comprarmos uma casa
around the world
no mundo inteiro
public records on them --
formais sobre elas,
to the credit or financial products
ou a produtos financeiros
uma forma de criar confiança
for these 2.5 billion.
a estes 2500 milhões.
uma aplicação para telemóvel
using mobile data.
usando dados móveis.
smartphones in emerging markets.
smartphones nos mercados emergentes.
the same way that we do.
da mesma forma que nós usamos.
they're looking up directions,
procuram direções,
financial transactions.
captured on our phones,
recolhidos no nosso telemóvel,
of a person's life.
da vida de uma pessoa.
acesso a estes dados
through our mobile application.
da nossa aplicação de telemóvel.
the creditworthiness
a small-business owner in Nairobi, Kenya.
pequeno negócio em Nairobi, no Quénia.
has been running a food stall
que trabalha numa banca de alimentos
through vocational school,
na escola profissional,
of her local chama,
to cover her expenses.
para cobrir as despesas.
da sua família,
into growing her business.
do seu negócio.
her options are limited.
as suas opções são limitadas.
that could help vouch for her credibility.
garantias da sua credibilidade.
would be way too small
será muito pequeno
são sempre uma opção,
that are well above 300 percent,
muito acima dos 300%,
collateral or a credit history,
nem pontuação de crédito,
and ask for a business loan.
pedir um empréstimo.
to download our application
a descarregar a nossa aplicação
questions on her phone
perguntas no seu telemóvel
key data points on her device.
importantes no seu aparelho.
and no previous loan history.
e nenhum histórico de empréstimos.
a red flag to a traditional bank.
num banco normal.
in her history that showed us
no seu histórico que nos mostrou
do seu potencial.
phone calls to her family in Uganda.
com regularidade para a família no Uganda.
communicate with a few close contacts.
com quem comunica mais frequentemente.
around a lot throughout the day,
bastante durante o dia,
regular travel patterns,
de deslocações,
or at her food stall.
ou na sua banca de alimentos.
a six percent increase in repayment
um aumento de 6% no reembolso
that she communicated a lot
ela comunicava muito
throughout the day
with more than 58 different contacts
com mais de 58 contactos diferentes
to be good borrowers.
with 89 different individuals,
increase in her repayment.
de 9% no seu reembolso.
of different data points
dos milhares de dados diferentes
a credibilidade de uma pessoa.
a person's creditworthiness.
of these different data points,
be found on a paper trail
num registo em papel
por detrás dos rendimentos,
nos mercados emergentes
and unpredictable on the surface
e imprevisíveis superficialmente
the capacity to repay.
e têm capacidade para isso.
over 200,000 loans in Kenya
ajudou-nos a fazer
are above 90 percent --
são acima dos 90%
with traditional bank repayment rates.
de reembolso dos bancos tradicionais.
uma pontuação de crédito,
as a credit score,
to build their own futures.
de construírem o seu futuro.
their loans for family expenses,
para despesas familiares,
dos seus negócios.
into growing their businesses.
melhores economias e comunidades
economies and communities
of using our product,
a usar o nosso produto,
her savings by 60 percent.
as suas poupanças em 60%.
duas bancas de alimentos
two additional food stalls
for her own restaurant.
para o seu próprio restaurante.
from a commercial bank,
a um banco comercial
to prove she deserves it.
que prova que ela o merece.
ainda na semana passada,
she was to get started.
animada para começar.
I didn't think this was for me."
que eu podia fazer isto.
que estava fechado para ela.
of the world that was closed off to her.
the world to Jenipher
o mundo á Jenipher
that deserve to be trusted.
que merecem confiança.
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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