MUMBAI (India CSR): FincFriends, one of India’s leading NBFCs, has reinforced its commitment to inclusive and sustainable development through a series of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives undertaken during FY 2025–26. Reflecting its belief that financial inclusion extends beyond access to credit, the company partnered with three social sector organizations—Smile Foundation, Udhyam Learning Foundation, and Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad (Ekal Abhiyan)—to support initiatives focused on healthcare, education, livelihoods, and rural community development.
As part of this commitment, FincFriends has supported the development of a Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) in partnership with Smile Foundation to strengthen access to essential primary healthcare services at the community level. The Mobile Medical Unit is expected to reach around 15,000 beneficiaries through OPD services and about 1,500 more through specialized health camps.
The Mobile Medical Unit is a fully equipped healthcare vehicle featuring a dedicated examination area, medical storage, and essential safety and operational fittings, enabling it to deliver OPD consultations and specialised health camps directly within underserved communities.
Alongside its healthcare initiative, FincFriends is also supporting livelihood and education-focused programmes through its partnerships with Udhyam Learning Foundation and Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad (Ekal Abhiyan). With Udhyam Learning Foundation, the company supports over 200 micro-entrepreneurs, including 70 food vendors in Bengaluru and 150 istri vyapaaris in Kanpur and Lucknow, through initiatives focused on strengthening livelihoods and entrepreneurial capacity.
Further extending its social commitment to rural communities, FincFriends supports single-teacher schools across 195 villages in Uttar Pradesh through its association with Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad (Ekal Abhiyan), reaching around 5,850 children through foundational education and community development initiatives.
Commenting on the initiative, Artem Andreev, CEO, FincFriends, said, “At FincFriends, we believe financial inclusion is about more than access to credit. It is also about creating opportunities that enable individuals and communities to build more secure and sustainable futures. Our CSR initiatives this year reflect that belief—whether it is bringing healthcare closer to underserved communities, supporting small entrepreneurs or enabling children in rural areas to access education. Each intervention addresses a different need, but the larger objective remains the same: contributing to more inclusive growth.”
The completed Mobile Medical Unit represents a sustainable healthcare asset aimed at strengthening primary healthcare outreach among underserved communities. Through its partnerships with Smile Foundation, Udhyam Learning Foundation and Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad, FincFriends seeks to extend the impact of its CSR efforts across healthcare, livelihoods and education, supporting underserved communities and contributing to more inclusive growth.
