LOLC Al-Falaah launches Wakalah Speed Draft

LOLC Al-Falaah, the Alternate Financial Services Unit of LOLC Finance PLC has unveiled yet another innovative product option branded ‘Wakalah Speed Draft’.

This latest product addition is an alternate financial solution that complimentsthe most popular conventional ‘LOLC Speed-Draft’ or permanent and temporary overdraft facilities offered by commercial banks. As the name denotes, 

LOLC Al-Falaah customers can now obtain a speedy cash-advance conveniently with the ‘Wakalah Speed Draft’ service from any of theLOLC Finance brancheslocated countrywide.
LOLC Al-Falaah ‘Wakalah Speed Draft’ is formed within the precepts of the Wakalah-bil-isthismar concept. 

The Customer is appointed as an agent of LOLC Al-Falaah, with an undertaking that the funds advancedare utilized for the purposes of trading transactions and working capital requirements for businesses. 

The customer is provided with short to mid-term finance to which repayment methods are flexible and are based on a methodology of profits share.

LOLC Al-Falaah ‘Wakalah Speed Draft’ is most suitable for businesses that are engaged in trading and manufacturing that requires short to mid-term working capital. It is a flexible option that caters to a multitude of financing needs such as asset purchases, trading stock and raw-material replenishments, factory renovations and expansions as part of business growth. One of its main features is its ability to draw-down funds in flexible quantums based on the customer’s cash-need and repayment capabilities. 

‘Wakalah Speed Draft’ helps increase the liquidity of the business and facilitate a greater level of business activity allowing greater flexibility of usage and repayment as and when the Customer requires it. 

It is also structured to be less costly and more feasible for business purposes as profit-mark-up will be accrued purely based on usage or draw-down on funds.

Speaking about LOLC Al-Falaah’s latest product addition, Shiraz Refai, Deputy General Manager of LOLC Al-Falaah said, “Wakalah Speed Draft is an extremely flexible financial solution, and it is ideal for the corporate and SME sector businesses that are in need of short to mid-term working capital solutions to meet dynamic requirements. 

In my view, it is a very useful and a versatileproduct, especially considering the competitivebusiness climate as more and more businesses require pre-approved financial services that can be drawn-down easily on a need-basis andsettled based on existing cash-flows, instead of long term commitments.”

Commenting about LOLC Al-Falaah’s latest product initiative, Yanik Fernando, DGM, LOLC Finance East and Uva Region &Product Head of Speed Draft said, “This solution was introduced to bridge the gap between conventional products and Alternate Financial Services products in the local Non-Banking Financial Institution (NBFI) sector. It is a unique value added option to the conventional speed draft, covering all segments of the