Manappuram Finance Ltd. is a non-banking financial company, which provides financial services, including gold loans, foreign exchange services, and remittances. The firm offers cash loan against gold pledge and also offers its customers with money transfers and foreign exchange services. It also ventures into the foreign exchange business with the Reserve Bank of India having granted an authorized dealer. The company was founded by V. C. Padmanabhan in 1949 and is headquartered in Thrissur, India.