A mobile technology and data science company that is revolutionizing financial services in emerging markets
Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is flipping the traditional credit scoring model by putting power into the hands of newly empowered consumers in emerging markets. Through their mobile app and unique channel, Tala gathers an average of 10,000 discrete data points per user to provide personalized offers and deliver real-time credit.
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Fintastico Team
1 week, 1 day
https://visegradinsight.eu/fintech-in-action/
Fintech in Action - New Europe 100 - Visegrad Insight
The future holds more global and hopefully cheaper fintech products, but it will require better regulation on both local and international levels.
Fintastico Team
1 week, 2 days
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/14/saudi-arabias-o...
Saudi Arabia's open banking plans could 'revolutionize' opportunities for fintech
The move could open the market to numerous fintech services, spurring competition and increasing users' options when it comes to managing their own finances.
Fintastico Team
5 months
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/finovate/~3/h4rg...
Will Digital Behavior Affect Credit Scores in the Future? - Finovate
This is a guest post by Sandeep Sood, CEO of Kunai. Will Digital Behavior Affect Credit Scores in the Future? Credit scores are about to take another leap forward—or backward, depending on how you see the future. People’s digital lives leave a trail of data “exhaust” that some countries are beginning to leverage to understand Read more...
Fintastico Team
5 months, 4 weeks
https://www.technative.io/battle-of-the-fintech...
Battle of the Fintech Brands: 4 Unicorns Compared
There’s no shortage of fintech brands but the path to ‘unicorn’ status takes more than a great product. Although they have the potential for rapid growth and scale, volume-oriented, fintech businesses must be prepared to fight for customer attention, media praise and investor funds. As some of the most dynamic brands of 2020, there’s lots that marketers and executives from other industries can learn from analysis of fintech firms. With that in mind, the ICS-digital team has assembled some compelling data on a 13 of the most intriguing fintech leaders, namely: Brand Category Funding Location Of course, each of these fintech brands started
Fintastico Team
7 months
https://www.lendacademy.com/top-10-fintech-news...
Top 10 Fintech News Stories for the Week Ending June 20, 2020 - Lend Academy
We are making a change this week in how the weekly news roundup is presented. What we will be doing from now on is sharing what I consider to be the top 10 most important news stories of the past week (in no particular order). Upgrade raises $40 million at a $1 billion valuation from …
Fintastico Team
8 months, 3 weeks
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18716/cred...
Credit scoring: Going alternative
When assessing applicants’ financial reliability, lenders globally have traditionally relied on a li...
Fintastico Team
9 months
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/04/how-to-s...
How to shift gender balance in fintech
More than a third of fintechs in our sample did not have a single woman on their board.
Fintastico Team
9 months, 2 weeks
https://www.openpr.com/news/2006231/fintech-tec...
Fintech Technologies Market Global Size, Growth Opportunities, Industry Potential, Segmentation Overview, Trends and Forecast Studies 2024
Fintech refers to the integration of technology into offerings by financial services companies in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers It primarily works by unbundling offerings by such firms and creating new markets for them FinTech is ...
Fintastico Team
10 months
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18589/heal...
Health check: what the current COVID-19 pandemic means for the global FinTech industry
The current pandemic sweeping through most of the world has wreaked havoc in most areas of the econo...
Fintastico Team
10 months
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18589/heal...
Health check: what the current COVID-19 pandemic means for the global FinTech industry
The current pandemic sweeping through most of the world has wreaked havoc in most areas of the econo...
Fintastico Team
10 months, 2 weeks
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2020/03/inclusio...
Inclusion, innovation, and mobile money in Sub-Saharan Africa
“If our systems fail, a big part of the economy would fail,” says exec.
Fintastico Team
11 months, 2 weeks
https://impactalpha.com/investors-called-to-acc...
Investors called to account for fintech lending practices as debt-traps emerge | ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 13 – "Proceed with caution" in fintech investing was the conclusion of our lookahead at impact investing trends to watch in emerging
Fintastico Team
11 months, 2 weeks
https://impactalpha.com/the-brief-fintech-recko...
The Brief: Fintech reckoning in Kenya, KKR Global Impact closes $1.3 billion, employee financial health, vertical farms, Looney pledges BP to net-zero | ImpactAlpha
Greetings, Agent of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Investors called to account for fintech lending practices as debt traps emerge. "Proceed with
Fintastico Team
11 months, 2 weeks
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2020/02/157225...
Interested in Investing in Early Stage Firms? OurCrowd Has a Long List, Reports 36 Exits to Date
OurCrowd is arguably the leading investment crowdfunding platform in the world. Based in Israel but listing offerings from companies around the world, OurCrowd has seen approximately $1.4 billion in committed funding since inception. Of the 212 portfolio companies, 138 are based in Israel. Since its
Fintastico Team
12 months
https://techbullion.com/5-ways-fintech-is-makin...
5 ways Fintech is making Banking more accessible | TechBullion
In 2018, people filed more than 10,000 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III complaints against businesses in the United States, including many financial institutions, like Bank of America, H&R Block, and Charles Schwab. The ADA prohibits businesses from discriminating against anyone with disabilities. For financial and banking institutions, this means, among other things, that […]
Fintastico Team
12 months
https://bankinnovation.net/allposts/biz-lines/l...
Google ban fails to stamp out short-term payday lending apps
In August, Google announced a global crackdown on Android apps that offer short-term loans, saying it wanted to protect consumers from what it called "deceptive
Fintastico Team
1 year
https://www.openpr.com/news/1907182/fintech-tec...
Fintech Technologies Market 2020 Latest Research : Stripe, YapStone, Braintree, Adyen, Lending Club, Addepar, Commonbond, Kabbage, Robinhood
Analytical study of this Fintech Technologies market report aids in formulating growth strategies to augment sales and build brand image in the market The report analyses and estimates general market drivers in the form of consumer demand government policy and ...
Fintastico Team
1 year
https://cointelegraph.com/news/better-safe-than...
Better Safe Than Hacked? Google and Apple Flip-Flop on Crypto
The “Shitcoin Wallet” debacle shined a light on crypto security issues. Experts weigh in on how companies are caught in the balance.
Fintastico Team
1 year, 4 months
https://dailyfintech.com/2019/08/30/talas-110-m...
Tala's $110 Million raise - late stage VC feels like a House of Cards - Daily Fintech
We live in a world where we often have to wonder what the balance between promise and performance is. It is especially critical to see the distinction in a space where Billions of dollars is being pumped into. “The promise to provide lending solutions brings in more capital at higher valuations than lending itself” – …
Fintastico Team
1 year, 5 months
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/08/150864...
Consumer Lending App Tala Secures $110 Million Through Series D Funding Round Led By RPS Ventures
Tala, a U.S.-based consumer lending app in emerging markets, announced this week it secured $110 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by RPS Ventures, with participation from GGV Capital and previous investors including IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, Data Collective VC, ThomVest
Fintastico Team
1 year, 5 months
https://www.fintechfutures.com/2019/08/tala-rai...
Tala raises $110m for expansion plans
PayPal Ventures also participated in the round.
Fintastico Team
1 year, 5 months
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/34295/mico...
Micolender Tala raises $110m for Indian push
Tala, a California-based outfit that uses customers' mobile phone data to build credit profiles and make lending decisions, has raised $110 million for a push into the Indian market.
Fintastico Team
1 year, 7 months
https://www.benzinga.com/fintech/19/06/13883836...
5 Fintech Companies That Offer Alternative Loans
Alternative lending has become more and more prevalent throughout the financial technology industry. Several companies offer cash advances and alternative loans to their users,...
Fintastico Team
2 years
https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2018/12/142859...
Tala Partners With Smart Campaign For Digital Client Protection
Tala, a U.S.-based consumer lending app in emerging markets, recently announced it has partnered with Smart Campaign, a global initiative to promote strong financial client protection for low-income clients housed at the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion, for digital client protection research. The duo