Shivani Siroya is a fintech entrepreneur who founded and leads Tala, a company building AI-native credit infrastructure for underserved consumers globally. Shivani Siroya's Twitter Score is 27 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #41,043 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Shivani Siroya founded Tala with a focus on expanding financial access to the global majority. Tala has deployed more than $8 billion in capital to more than 14 million customers across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The company raised a $145 million Series E led by Upstart, with participation from the Stellar Development Foundation, bringing total funding to more than $350 million.
Shivani Siroya has steered Tala into crypto-native financial services through a series of partnerships and product launches. In 2021, Tala partnered with Visa, Circle, and the Stellar Development Foundation to explore USDC-based services for underbanked consumers. In October 2024, Tala launched a non-custodial crypto wallet powered by the Stellar network, debuting first in Peru. In December 2025, Tala announced a tokenized lending platform built with Huma Finance, powered by Solana and backed by a $50 million USDC credit facility. Most recently, Tala announced an embedded credit partnership with Airtm to disburse Tala-underwritten loans in USDC to customers across Latin America.
Shivani Siroya has published 2,178 posts on the platform and has 13,115 followers as of July 2026. Shivani Siroya has been mentioned by 102 accounts, with 538 total mentions.
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