MicroFinancial Incorporated (NASDAQ:MFI) a financial intermediary specializing in vendor based leasing and finance programs for microticket transactions, today announced the opening of a TimePayment Corporation office in California. TimePayment is a wholly owned subsidiary of MicroFinancial Incorporated.

The office is a full service operation offering sales, credit, vendor relations and funding support for our vendors and brokers. The office is located at 2801 Townsgate Road, Suite 101, Westlake Village, California 91361. Our telephone numbers for this new location are: main office is 805-367-8900, sales department is 877-938-5230 and vendor relations and credit is 800-868-3743.

Richard Latour, President and Chief Executive Officer said, "We are very excited to once again have an office in California. With a full service operation on the west coast we will effectively be extending our hours of operation allowing us to provide a higher level of service to our vendors and brokers across the country."

About The Company

MicroFinancial Inc. (NASDAQ:MFI), in operation since 1986, headquartered in Burlington, MA, is a financial intermediary specializing in microticket leasing and financing. We have been in operation since 1986.

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MicroFinancial Incorporated
Priscilla Ballero, 781-994-4800
Director of Marketing
www.microfinancial.com