Products Loans, savings Website Homepage Founded 1992 | Total assets UGX:128.51 billion Number of employees 640 | |
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Key people Julius Omodingmanaging director | ||
FINCA Uganda Limited, also known as FINCA Uganda, is a microfinance deposit-accepting institution (MDI) in Uganda. It is licensed and supervised by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator.
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Location
The headquarters of FINCA Uganda Limited are located at Plot 11 Acacia Avenue in Kampala Central Division, one of the five administrative divisions of the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, about 3.8 kilometres (2 mi) north of the city centre. The coordinates of the company headquarters are 00°20'07.0"N, 32°35'16.0"E (Latitude:0.335278; Longitude:32.587778).
Overview
FINCA Uganda is licensed as an MDI, which was issued in 2004 although the institution has been in the country since 1992.
FINCA provides financial services to Uganda's lowest-income entrepreneurs with the aim of creating jobs, building assets, and improving their standard of living. As an MDI, FINCA Uganda is a Tier III Financial Institution. It is therefore prohibited from dealing in foreign exchange and cannot issue checking accounts.
As of December 2015, the institution's asset base was UGX:128.51 billion, with shareholders' equity of UGX:42.67 billion.
FINCA Uganda was one of the first financial institutions in Uganda to introduce biometric technology in 2011.
Ownership
It is a subsidiary and member organization of FINCA International, headquartered in the United States.
Products and services
As of 2014, the financial services offered by FINCA Uganda included:
Branches
As of June 2014, FINCA Uganda maintained 27 inter-linked branches nationwide, at the following locations:
- Ben Kiwanuka Branch - 22 Ben Kiwanuka Street, Kampala
- Katwe Branch - Katwe Road, Katwe, Kampala
- Kireka Branch - Kampala-Jinja Highway, Kireka, Kira Municipality
- Kawempe Branch - Bombo Road, Kawempe, Kampala
- Naakulabye Branch - Hoima Road, Naakulabye, Kampala
- Nateete Branch - Nateete Shopping Centre, Nateete, Kampala
- Mukono Branch - Kampala-Jinja Road, Mukono
- Mityana Branch - Station Road, Mityana
- Nakasongola Branch - Lwampanga Road, Nakasongola
- Masaka Branch - Edward Avenue, Masaka
- Kyotera Branch - Bukoba Road, Kyotera
- Sembabule Branch - Mubende Road, Sembabule
- Mbarara Branch - Masaka Road, Mbarara
- Kabale Branch - Kisoro Road, Kabale
- Fort Portal Branch - Rukidi III Street, Fort Portal
- Jinja Branch - Lubas Road, Jinja
- Kamuli Branch - Kitimbo Road, Kamuli
- Iganga Branch - Main Street, Iganga
- Mbale Branch - Republic Street, Mbale
- Busia Branch - Jinja Road, Busia
- Lira Branch - Obote Avenue, Lira
- Gulu Branch - Labwor Road, Gulu
- Arua Branch - Taban Lane, Arua
- Koboko Branch - Central Road, Koboko
- Masindi Branch - Masindi Port Road, Masindi
- Hoima Branch - Old Toro Road, Hoima
- Ntinda Branch - Ntinda Trading Centre, Ntinda Road, Ntinda, Kampala.
- Acacia Branch - 11 Acacia Avenue, Kampala (Head Office)