Ciérrele la llave al ‘gota a gota’: balance de la estrategia que implementó Bogotá para impulsar créditos seguros
La Secretaría Distrital de Bogotá presentó los resultados de su estrategia "Ciérrale la llave al gota a gota". Foto: Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico de Bogotá
TL;DR
- The "Ciérrele la Llave al gota a gota" initiative aims to combat illegal lending and offer safe credit alternatives.
- The program partners with four fintech companies: AAvance, Monet, Plurall, and Quipo.
- Since August 2024, 22,859 individuals have registered, and 6,565 have received loans totaling $4.227 billion pesos.
- 71% of participants with negative or no credit history regained access to the financial system.
- 33% of those who previously used "gota a gota" have stopped using informal credit.
- Fintech solutions are proving effective in enabling users to access traditional credit later.
- Monet alone has disbursed over 50,000 credits to over 6,000 micro-businesses and informal merchants.
- Monet has generated over 25,000 positive reports to credit bureaus.
- Eligibility includes individuals over 18 with incomes from $1 million pesos and a bank account or digital wallet.
- The program is inclusive, also offering access to Venezuelan migrants without credit history.
- 40% of Monet's disbursed credits, approximately over 1.5 billion pesos, have been allocated to women.