Can AI uplift entrepreneurs that traditional banks reject?

Name: Can AI uplift entrepreneurs that traditional banks reject?
Uploaded: 2025-11-21T15:42:25Z
Duration: 15 min 14 s
Description: Can AI help people without a traditional credit history get access to fair loans? Impact entrepreneur Mercedes Bidart shows how AI is letting informal entrepreneurs in Latin America transform "invisible data" on their phones into a financial identity, helping them get credit and grow on their own terms.

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TEDAI Vienna

• September 2025

Can AI help people without a traditional credit history get access to fair loans? Impact entrepreneur Mercedes Bidart shows how AI is letting informal entrepreneurs in Latin America transform "invisible data" on their phones into a financial identity, helping them get credit and grow on their own terms.