Sprint Financial Services – Access to your financial independence

COMPANY PROFILE

Sprint Financial Services Limited is a Kingston-based micro-finance institution (MFI) founded in 2011. The MFI specializes in loan products catering to Jamaicans island-wide and across all social strata, including university students, street vendors, corporate executives and business owners.

Sprint Financial also focuses on convenience through the use of technology to aid in the ease of application for loans, as well as their repayment. The company provides various methods of processing applications and transactions that don’t actually require the physical presence of clients. To this end, Sprint Financial has become a pioneer in personal and business financing through the expedient provision of innovative loan products that facilitate both business and recreational activities.

Since its inception, the MFI has been featured in the press on multiple occasions as it garnered numerous noteworthy accomplishments that include being first to market with unique loan products, such as

leisure loans, and formulating a hassle-free loan application process with use of technology application platform WhatsApp. Sprint Financial also boasts being the first and only MFI to offer factoring services to aid local entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Its most recent achievement, however, has the backing of the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology. Sprint Financial has completed the development of a groundbreaking mobile application platform that will facilitate a faster payment disbursement process via PayPal for local entities from international vendors. At Sprint Financial, our pride is in Jamaica, and as such, the company will continue to maintain a strong presence within the local micro-finance industry through its keen sense of innovation in the deployment of loan products while harnessing technology to break financial barriers for all Jamaicans.

VISION STATEMENT

Breaking financial barriers for all Jamaicans.

MISSION STATEMENT

To provide funding for Jamaicans from all social strata especially through the use of modern and convenient technological innovations.

QUALITY POLICY

The policy of Sprint Financial Services is to provide convenient funding to meet our clients’ requirements in accordance with the highest possible standards of service.

BREAKING FINANCIAL BARRIERS FOR ALL JAMAICANS

CHRISTOPHER
PAUL BARRETT
Founder

Christopher Paul Barrett founded Sprint Financial Services in 2011 after observing the great number of small business operators in Jamaica who were under-served by the banking industry. With entrepreneurs and persons from lower-income households being typically unable to access cash loans from big banks, Barrett decided to fill this void by entering the micro-finance sector and providing financial solutions that he believed would empower individuals and, ultimately, better the economy.

Barrett started out with a background in aviation before making the transition to entrepreneurship. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Flight Management from Florida Memorial College, and has served as a certified flight instructor for Florida’s ADF Airways and as a pilot in the capacity of first officer for Air Jamaica.

He later opened his first business Global Courier Services in 2002. The company, which capitalised on the emerging online shopping trend,

provided U.S. mailbox-delivery services for Jamaicans locally who desired making purchases at international stores but did not have access to a U.S. credit card, a U.S. mailing address or the means to have the package delivered to the island. Five years after its inception, Barrett would successfully steer the pioneering business to become the second-largest courier company of its kind in Jamaica.

Today, Barrett has made Sprint Financial Services a formidable force in the industry by offering a suite of loans catering to all individuals for all purposes while focusing on convenience. He is a member of the Jamaica Association Of Micro-finance (JAMFIN) and boasts being the first person in Jamaica to introduce recreational loans to the public and to institute remote application and repayment options in the industry.

BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

The company is armed with five well-established executive board members, who combined carry over forty years of experience in the finance industry.

Natalie St. Louis

Member title

Mrs. Natalie St. Louis is the Founder of Strategic Konnections & Management Service Limited, a company she incorporated in July 2016, to provide specialized strategic management services/direction/advice/ to leading corporate companies and SMEs both in Jamaica and Globally. Her company’s tag line is “Consider it done!” She is also the Strategic Corporate & Marketing Adviser/Consultant to Caribbean Assurance Brokers Limited, the leading Insurance Brokers in Jamaica, where she provides her expertise in assisting with increasing awareness of the company and building further equity in their brand. She also played an instrumental role in assisting with spearheading the readiness and implementation of the company’s winning loyalty programme and the impactful accompanying strategic marketing campaigns.

Oliver Barrett

Member title

Oliver Barrett has served in the government defense industry for more than 22 years. He supplies national defense products to international governments and provides advisory services in his current position at the United States Southern Command in Miami, Florida. Prior to this, he served as a senior program manager where he oversaw a team of 12 in providing defense-related internet technology services. The Florida Memorial University alumnus has served in the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy, and has won numerous military awards during his tenures as a technical official and manager. Today, he uses his business expertise to aid in Sprint Financial Service’s business development.

Sarah Stanford

Member title

Sara Stanford is the founder of Bliss Bridal Boutique, a successful local business specialising in bridal wear. It is the only company in its industry to have authorised dealerships with international designers as well as exclusive contacts with top hotel-resort chains such as Couples, Iberostsar and Secrets Resorts. The award-winning company has won the WeddingWire Vendor of the Year award for three consecutive years, is a nominee for the Caribbean Wedding Industry Awards, and has been featured in local publications the Jamaica Observer and Jamaica Gleaner on numerous occasions. Stanford has been a business owner for over 15 years and has served on the Sprint Financial Services board since the company’s inception.

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COMPANY PROFILE

VISION STATEMENT

MISSION STATEMENT

QUALITY POLICY

CHRISTOPHER
PAUL BARRETT
Founder