Officially established in 1986 as the Merchant Bank of Fiji, this institution initially operated as a finance company and since it did not take deposits from the public it did not come under the supervision of the Reserve Bank. This all changed in 1992 when we granted the company a licence to operate as a credit institution, enabling it to access public deposits.
In 2002 the Merchant Bank of Fiji changed its name to Merchant Finance & Investment Limited. Further approval was granted in late 2014 to make another name change. This is the name we are actually launching tonight – Merchant Finance Limited. So this year Merchant Finance Limited actually enters its 24th year of serving the people of Fiji as a licensed credit institution.