
A Small Business Owner, A Loan… And The Problem Rialo Is Trying To Fix
Tunde runs a small logistics business.
Nothing fancy. Just delivery vans, drivers, and daily fuel expenses.
Some months are good. Some months are tight.
He wants to expand. Add two more vans. Take on bigger contracts.
So he looks for a loan.
Banks ask for paperwork. Collateral. Time he doesn’t have.
DeFi looks easier at first. No interviews. No office visits.
But then he sees the condition:
To borrow $10,000…
he needs to lock maybe $15,000 or more.
He laughs.
If he had that much sitting around,
he wouldn’t need the loan in the first place.
This is where the real gap shows.
Most DeFi protocols don’t know who Tunde is.
They don’t know his business cashflow.
They don’t know his repayment history.
So the only thing they can trust…
is overcollateralization.
Now imagine a different setup.
A system where:
• his verified revenue data can be used privately
• repayment behaviour can adjust risk over time
• loan terms can update automatically as his situation changes
• capital doesn’t need to sit frozen unnecessarily
That’s closer to the direction @RialoHQ seems to be exploring.
Not just bringing finance onchain…
but bringing real-world financial context into how onchain finance works.

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