Dell launches finance program for commercial biz

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Dell on Tuesday announced the launch of Dell Financial Services India (DFS), a leasing and financing program for small, medium and large commercial businesses and public organizations.

The services will be provided by Macquarie Equipment Finance, the leasing arm of the Sydney-based Macquarie Group, a provider of banking and investment services, said a press release.

The program will help customers preserve capital, maximize IT investments and drive innovation.

The company said that DFS is the first financing program for Dell in India to address the comprehensive financing needs of enterprise, public sector and small and medium business customers.

“Our new financial services offering will provide our business customers another tool with which to scale their operations and make use of technology to help them grow,” said Mahesh Bhalla, general manager of Dell’s Consumer & Small-Medium Business in India.

The finance program includes low interest rate and promotional financing on key Dell products, asset-management solutions to maximize the technology investment throughout the asset lifecycle, comprehensive buy-back and remarketing capabilities, environmentally-safe and regulatory compliant disposal alternatives for retired equipment etc.

These features will eliminate many manual, paper-based processes while helping customers transition to web-enabled solutions from placing financing orders and viewing documentation to obtaining reports and other information, the release added.