Mercantile Investments & Finance PLC is a finance company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following segments: Finance Lease, Hire Purchase, Loans &Advances, Investments, and Others. The Finance Lease segment includes finance leasing products offered to the customers. The Hire Purchase segment consists of hire purchase products offered to the customers. The Loans and Advances segment provides vehicle loans, loans against property mortgages and micro finance lending. The Investments segment includes the investments in equities and debt securities. The company was founded by George Lawrence Andrew Ondaatjie on June 15, 1964 and is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka.