National Life Finance Corporation (NLFC) (国民生活金融公庫 Kokumin seikatsu kin-yu kohko?) was a governmental institution of Japan, which provided business loans to small enterprises that have difficulty obtaining loans from private financial institutions.
On October 1, 2008, NLFC was dissolved and merged into Japan Finance Corporation (JFC) (日本政策金融公庫 Nihon seisaku kin-yu kohko?).
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