We are on a mission to turn data into financial opportunity for everyone. First Access is an award-winning financial technology company. Our smart data platform and custom mobile apps help emerging market lenders make stronger, faster credit decisions. Online, offline, even for customers with no credit history, internet access, or mobile phone. For the first time, micro and SME lenders have a clear path to a digital future. With an intuitive user experience for digitizing paper-based operations or connecting to external data sources via API, lenders can collect rich data, monitor trends, and automate processes as they gain more trust in their data. Lenders can even design and manage their own credit algorithms on the First Access platform.First Access has leveraged its credit scoring experience to enable incremental change without disrupting day-to-day operations. Financial institutions can grow more sophisticated with data at their own pace, incorporating machine learning insights as they go. Lenders have used First Access credit scores to automate low-risk approvals and decrease underwriting time by 80%.The company has its headquarters in New York City and its Africa regional office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The future of lending is data-driven. Get there faster.