VFS Capital, formerly known as Village Financial Services, is the 1st microfinance company in Eastern Region with NBFC status registered by RBI under Section 45 IA of the RBI Act, 1934. VFS Capital, which has its head office in Kolkata, West Bengal, started microfinance operations in the financial year 2005-2006. Since then, VFS has grown and has touched the lives of thousands of poor women by providing them credit for income-generating activities and helping them to become economically self-sufficient. VFS has helped empower women and enabled them to give their families a better quality of life and improve their status in society. VFS Capital is the first microfinance institution in eastern India to get the status of an NBFC, and also the first MFI in India with ISO certification.