Lendcor
Lendcor is an established leader in the prudent financing of home improvements, mostly in rural areas. By providing finance for customers of Lendcor's vast network of building merchants, rural customers are able to improve living conditions in a responsible and incremental way. One of Lendcor's primary funders is the Rural Housing Loan Fund (RHLF), a government initiative to enable low earners to access small loans which they can afford to repay. Lendcor has been a recipient of the Govan Mbeki award for the National Incremental Housing Lender of the Year. Lendcor is an associate company of Mettle SA which was established in 1995 as a specialist financial services company and has, since its inception become recognised for innovation in the creation of specialised financial solutions. Mettle is wholly-owned by Mettle Investments Limited, a company with investments in financial services in South Africa and the United Kingdom, which is listed on the JSE's AltX (share code: MLE).