Shivani Siroya’s idea for a digital lending app serving “underbanked” people in emerging markets came to her while she was working in Sub-Saharan and West Africa. “I interviewed over 3,500 individual ...

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 ...

Digital credit provider Tala has begun ramping up customer identification procedures for its Kenyan users. The company says the move will protect accounts from fraud and ensure continued access to its ...

Digital financial startup Tala is relocating within Santa Monica. “Our challenge was to create an opportunity to house the company’s expanding workforce and dispose of Tala’s current Santa Monica ...

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This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The expansion was announced along with a new $50 million Series C ...

After 11 years, Tala still isn’t profitable. But it has revamped its technology and developed a new underwriting approach, and it aims to enter six new countries and break even by early 2026. In March ...