Social Lender

Social Lender is a lending solution based on social reputation on mobile, online and social media platforms.

Social Lender is a lending solution based on social reputation on mobile, online and social media platforms. Over 50% of Adult Africans lack access to formal credit. Social Lender helps financial institutions offer microcredit based on social reputation.

The solution is designed to bridge the gap of immediate fund access for people with limited access to formal credit. Social Lender uses its own proprietary algorithm to perform a social audit of the users’ online, on mobile, on social media and other related platforms and gives a Social Reputation Score to each user. Loans are guaranteed by the user’s social profile and network allowing users to then borrow from banks and other financial institutions based on their social reputation.

Social Lender delivers cash guaranteed by social reputation in most cases within 10 minutes. In three steps, users are able to get quick cash from Social Lender. First, users access Social Lender’s platform using any of the following channels; Web, SMS, USSD, Mobile App (Partner App Add-On or Dedicated Apps), Partner Bank ATMs, APIs or Pay with Social Lender (E-commerce Checkout). Immediately a social audit is conducted on the user (with user's permission) and the user obtains a social reputation score based on their digital fingerprint. Second, the user applies for cash using any of the available channels. Third, funds are approved based on partner specific business rules and funds is disbursed to the users' verified Account (Bank Account or Mobile Money Account) usually within 10 minutes.

Social Lender is licensed to financial institutions in the countries of operation. The minimum period of repayment is the day the loan is issued while the maximum period of repayment is dependent on the specific Social Lender partner (maximum of 4 years).

The Interest rate and Transaction Charges are also Partner Financial Institution dependent. Ranging from Interest-Free Loans to Loans with 5% Interest Rate per month to a maximum Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of 300%, Social Lender Loans are available to Users based on each individual partner financial institution's business rules. The loans are granted based on the Users' Social Reputation Score.

For example, for a Loan with transaction charge rate of 15% of the loan borrowed. Example calculation: if a user borrows 3,000 Naira, the user is expected to pay back ((3000) + (0.15 * 3000)) which amounts to 3,450 Naira.