When Tala (formerly Mkopo Rahisi) launched in Kenya in 2014, it was the first in the world to offer unsecured mobile lending direct...
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n March, Central Bank Governor Dr Patrick Njoroge compared mobile lending firms to ‘shylocks’ over what he described as their predatory instinct citing...
Rose Muturi doesn’t have a working stereo in her car. She is a morning person and always happy to let her juniors make...
As of March 2019, Tala had lent out Ksh1 billion across the markets in which it operates including Kenya, Tanzania, Philippines, Mexico and...
New Draft Bill says digital lenders will be licensed by a new Financial Markets Conduct Authority and that lenders will be bound by...
The new investment will power the growth of the firm’s consumer lending app in Mexico and India, two of the world’s largest emerging...