RPP · Jun 2025
RPP reports that Grupo RPP invested in Kashin through a media-for-equity style partnership to help formalize and scale digital microcredit access in Peru.
Credit for the emerging economy in Latam
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Peruvian fintech/financial services company that offers instant digital microloans and credit lines for individuals and businesses in Peru through a mobile app, with SBS registration and a focus on underbanked users.
Primary product
Instant digital microloans and credit lines via mobile app
Founded
2020
Headquarters
Lima, Peru
Team size
11-50
Work style
Remote
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
Fintech / micro-lending
Offices
Lima, Peru (headquarters)
Av. Emilio Cavenecia 151, Suite 701, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Calle Malecón Sur 1029 Depto C, 28 de Julio, Lima 15846, Peru
Business model
consumer microloans
business microloans
digital wallet
payments / Soft-POS
Funding
Stage
seed / pre-seed
Total raised
$775K
Latest round
Pre Seed · Aug 2022
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Founder & CTO
Head of Growth
Chief Scientist
Work & culture
Public company values emphasize transparent and fair costs, no hidden fees, unprecedented service, agility, honesty and integrity, teamwork, disruption, and resilience.
Work style
Remote
Product & market
Pricing
Short-term, interest-bearing microloans with a published APR/TEA and no hidden fees; staircase-style limits that increase with on-time repayment and referrals.
Differentiators
- —SBS-registered and formally regulated
- —instant approval and disbursement
- —100% digital mobile-app onboarding
- —no calls to contacts / zero-harassment policy
- —human-based decisions plus AI risk scoring
- —alternative-data underwriting from smartphone variables and credit bureau data
- —staircase loans with increasing limits for on-time payers
- —loyalty rewards and referral incentives
- —transparent pricing with no hidden fees
Technology
Android
Python
Node.js
React
React Native
TypeScript
Rust
SQL
RabbitMQ
Power BI
Looker
Google Analytics
Google Ads
FICO
Qlik
Customers
underbanked individuals in Peru
micro-merchants
micro-entrepreneurs
people without formal credit history
small businesses and individuals needing fast credit
Competitors
traditional banks
Peruvian microloan apps
Credisol
Fielsol Presta
Rapidpresta
Rapidayuda Presta
Rapida Ayuda Prestamos
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
around $2M annualized revenue
Latest news
RPP · Mar 2025
RPP says Kashin was approving over 1,000 loans per day, serving more than 100,000 people, and using an AI/alternative-data model with 500+ mobile variables.
RPP · Feb 2025
RPP profiles Christophe Robilliard’s path from banking and Cabify/Easy Taxi leadership to founding Kashin and highlights YC as a milestone.
Enterados · Feb 2024
A feature on microcredit technology quotes Kashin CFO Diego Mercado on alternative-data underwriting and the company’s digital microloan model.
Forbes Perú · Aug 2022
Forbes covers Kashin’s founding by Christophe Robilliard and José Manuel Palacios, its YC acceptance, and its initial investor syndicate.
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