Faulu Kenya Deposit Taking Micro-Finance Limited is a limited liability company duly incorporated in Kenya under the Companies Act. The company changed its name to Faulu Kenya Deposit Taking Microfinance (DTM) Limited in 2008 as part of the requirements to obtain the Deposit Taking Licence from the   Central Bank of Kenya. In May 2009, Faulu became the first registered DTM in Kenya under the Micro-Finance Act and is regulated by the CBK.

Faulu was founded by Food for the Hungry International (FHI), a Christian relief  organization, Loan scheme program that targeted the economically active poor in Mathare.  From its humble roots as a loan scheme in 1991, Faulu is currently one of the top Deposit Taking MFIs in Kenya have successfully developed a platform aimed at banking the previously unbanked though a variety of savings, credit, micro insurance and mobile banking solutions...