Nicole Van Der Tuin Biography

Nicole Van Der Tuin is the co-founder and CEO of financial technology company First Access is an award-winning fintech company enabling data-driven credit across emerging markets. Lenders in Africa, Asia and Latin America use our smart data platform and customizable mobile app to make stronger, faster credit decisions. As of 2016 First Access has analyzed more than 50 billion mobile phone transactions and has helped reduce the lending costs for banks to evaluate borrowers by 65%. The U.S.-based company recently began expanding from its Tanzanian subsidiary; in 2016 it will operate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Malawi Nigeria Uganda and Zambia. Nicole founded the Startup in 2011 but it’s not her first one into the microlending industry. She previously helped design and launch Paris-based MicroWorld which offers peer-to-peer microlending opportunities and she’s contributed research on private equity venture capital and microlending in emerging markets to a range of organizations and businesses. She holds an MPA in development economics from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a self-designed AB in social science research and writing from Kenyon College. She has also studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing and the School for International Training in Fortaleza, Brazil. She speaks French, Portuguese, Mandarin, Spanish, and basic Swahili.

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