Crown Paints and Aspira, a product-financing credit facility have partnered to enable customers to purchase paint and pay in easy installments of up to 12 months.
Crown Paints Group Chief Executive Officer Rakesh Rao said the financing option will be available to all customers at the firm’s head office showroom at Likoni road through a convenient source of medium-term credit for individuals and small and rapidly growing enterprises which cannot qualify for any sources of capital easing the financial pain brought about by the pandemic.
“Crown Paints and Aspira conducted extensive market research and realized that there is a huge gap in the credit market that was not being addressed by any other financial institutions. Kenyans seek to transform and uplift their lifestyles and paint plays a major role in transforming their spaces, especially during this Covid-19 period where many people have spent their working days at home. This solution will facilitate them to purchase paint and Lipa Baadaye once they have funds”, Rao said.
Aspira Senior Account Manager, Ryan Deen said during this period Kenyans need more financial options to be able to purchase the products they want, all you need to do is apply on www.aspira.co.ke, fill in your information to get approved, and take your desired product home with you as you pay in easy monthly installments. We have enabled more than 14,000 customers to obtain financing for more than 20,000 products.
Aspira is a Fintech Company that officially launched in Kenya in 2018 are a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Publicly-Listed company in Mauritius called CIM Finance Group, which has been doing consumer product financing for 33 years and disburses close to $200 million a year, financing anything from utensils to yachts.
“This credit system will enable Crown Paints customers who visit the Likoni road showroom to quickly acquire and leave with paints, coatings or accessories and pay for them in installments over a period of one year in either daily or monthly. This is unlike other programs which require customers to fully pay for the goods and services before collecting them”
Since the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country early this year, the construction industry has faced a myriad of challenges including staff layoffs experienced by 40% of construction firms, need to adopt new safety procedures for handling materials and transferring tools and equipment between job sites as well as delayed or canceled projects.
The virus’s adverse effects on the economy have led to stock-outs and delayed deliveries, cancellation of business-related travels and high cost of operations which has reduced competitiveness as the price of imported inputs has skyrocketed.
