Citi Expands Social Finance Financing for Home Lending in the Philippines to Support Financial Inclusion for More Filipinos

Home Credit Para sa Life. With Home Credit’s consumer credit solutions, more Filipinos can purchase mobile devices through its more than 10,000 outlets across the Philippines.

Manila, Philippines. September 14, 2022 — Citi, the Philippines’ largest foreign bank by asset base, expanded its joint social finance program with Home Credit by increasing its credit facility to 820 million pesos from 420 million pesos approved and drawn down in May. 2022.

Home Credit is the largest consumer finance company in the Philippines. As of the end of July 2022, it has already served 8.7 million customers nationwide through a selection of affordable and accessible financing products.

From April to July this year, Home Credit Philippines has already provided consumer finance of over Php 5 billion to almost half a million Filipinos to support their purchases of mobile devices; of this number, 50% of those who have benefited from it are clients.

The social finance mechanism is expected to promote greater financial inclusion for Filipinos in support of the mobile segment and is expected to not only increase connectivity but also improve lives by enabling greater access to essential services such as online banking. , financial literacy, online education and entrepreneurship. Activities.

“This expansion of the Social Finance Facility by Citi underscores how well Home Credit Philippines has fulfilled its mission to provide trusted financial services to Filipinos. We continue to innovate our products, processes and services to promote financial inclusion in the Philippines,” said Zdenek Jankovsky, Director and Treasurer of Home Credit Philippines.

“Citi has a long-standing commitment to accelerating financial inclusion in the Philippines, through our support for microentrepreneurs and now through this social finance facility that aims to make much-needed financial services more accessible to Filipinos, especially women, through the use of mobile devices. We are confident that the expansion of this program will bring more progress to those who need it most,” said Aftab Ahmed, CEO of Citi Philippines.

This transaction contributes to Citi’s $1 trillion commitment to sustainable finance by 2030, specifically supporting the social finance criteria of economic inclusion, which is to improve access to credit and financial services in vulnerable or underserved communities, including micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) financing.

Home Credit Philippines remains committed to providing access to credit to all Filipinos through our consumer credit services and solutions. We are their ally and we will continue to find ways to serve them through responsible lending as they build their homes, lives and dreams,” said David Minol, CEO of Home Credit Philippines.

Among Home Credit’s key goals for 2022 are expanding access to responsible finance, promoting financial literacy and empowerment, and fostering innovation and digital inclusion.

Home Credit Philippines is a finance company duly licensed and supervised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). To know more about Home Credit Philippines, visit their official website www.homecredit.ph.