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Fast Credit Limited

“Can a CBN-licensed finance company profitably extend micro-credit to Nigerians excluded from traditional banking?”

Founded2014
HQIkeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Total raised$3.7M
IndustryFintech / Lending
The story

Fast Credit Limited (FCL) is a Nigerian finance company founded in 2014 and licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide micro-lending to individuals and small businesses outside the traditional banking system. It also raises wholesale funds through investment notes. It is a separate entity from FC Capital Limited (UK), a London-based pawnbroking / secured-lending business trading as 'Fast Credit'.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2014
Fast Credit Limited established in Nigeria under CBN regulations to provide personal, business, and emergency loans.· lending
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by Fast Credit Limited
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Fast Credit Limited’s embedded-finance stack
Lending
Fast Credit Limited (in-house)Personal loansBusiness loansEmergency loansInvestment notes (wholesale funding)
Accounting gap: none

Fast Credit Limited — frequently asked

Who provides Fast Credit Limited's lending?

Fast Credit Limited's lending and capital products are provided by Fast Credit Limited (in-house).

Where is Fast Credit Limited headquartered?

Fast Credit Limited is founded in 2014 and headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

How much funding has Fast Credit Limited raised?

Fast Credit Limited has raised $3.7M in total.

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