Who Owns Tala Mobile Loan App - Shivani Siroya

Tala Founder and CEO Shivani Siroya
Tala Founder & CEO Shivani Siroya 

Tala,  registered as Tala Mobile in the United States is a world digital lending company focusing on inclusivity when it comes to access to affordable credit.

The idea was new to the world of lending when Tala launched trust based loans targeting especially the unbanked with no credit history.

Being a promising ,working and valid idea Tala mobile received many willing investors who pumped millions of dollars into the idea.

This lender delivers instant loans via an android app known as Tala App found on Google play store.

Tala carried the name Inventure when it was first launched in the year 2011 and it was tested in Kenya, a rapidly growing market with a good mobile money platform, Mpesa.

Who Founded Tala Loans app

Now it's time to answer this question; Who Owns Tala?  Shivan Siroya is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tala .

Who is Shivani Siroya?

She is an Indo American woman who have vast knowledge and experience in Finance Technology.

Shivani before founding Tala, according to Wikipedia worked for big Finance Companies including Citi, Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), Credit Suisse and the United Nations Population Fund.

She holds M.P.H in Health Economics and Policy from Columbia University and International Relations (Bachelor of Arts) degree from Wesleyan University.

When Tala app gained popularity in the 2018 , Shivani Siroya was nominated Wired Icon by Melinda Gates.

Tala related names in the World


  1. Tala is a Kenyan town in North Eastern region
  2. Tala by Kyla is a jewelry and watches shop in the Philippines 
  3. Talabat is a big online food ordering and delivery company in Kuwait.
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