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Tala: Fast & Secure Loan App [India] lending
20 low (partial) · installs 500,000+ · rating 3.2650602 (2470) · updated 1789626684000
Corpus: India live · harvested 2026-09-21
Risk signals, not verdicts. Scores flag indicators of abusive-lending behaviour from public app-store data. A high score is not proof of illegality; a low score is not a safety certificate. See methodology.
Score breakdown (rubric 0.2)
| Indicator family | Weight | Score |
|---|---|---|
| I1 Brand & ASO abuse | w=15 | 0/100 |
| I2 I2 | w=? | 0/100 |
| I3 I3 | w=? | 15/100 |
| I4 I4 | w=? | 0/100 |
| I5 I5 | w=? | |
| I6 Permission excess | w=15 | 90/100 |
| I7 I7 | w=? |
Triggered signals
- none
Paperwork
| Developer | Tala Mobile |
| Legal entity | Inventure Capital Corporation |
| Legal email | googleplay@tala.co |
| Legal address | 429 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 450, Santa Monica, CA 90401-3467, United States |
| Legal phone | +1 213-887-3572 |
| Developer email | hello@in-support.tala.co |
| Website | https://tala.co.in/ |
| Privacy policy | https://talamobile.mx/aviso-de-privacidad-mx |
| Released | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Version | 26.18.0 |
| Play listing | — |
Permissions (20 total, 10 dangerous)
- Device & app history: approximate location (network-based)
- Device & app history: read calendar events plus confidential information
- Device & app history: read phone status and identity
- Device & app history: read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
- Device & app history: receive text messages (SMS)
- Device & app history: retrieve running apps
- Other: change network connectivity
- Other: full network access
- Other: reorder running apps
- Other: view network connections
Full permission list in the dataset repo. Permissions captured at harvest time; apps update silently.