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- Armada Mercantile Ltd. (CSE: ARM, OTC: AAMTF) is a financial services company focused on merchant banking through its wholly-owned subsidiary Armada Group USA, Inc.; the company provides specialized merchant banking, broker-dealer services, venture lending, corporate finance advisory, and capital markets consulting worldwide. Core offerings include commercial finance such as accounts receivable factoring, supply chain finance, revenue-based lines of credit, merchant cash advances, purchase order financing, and equipment leasing; broker-dealer activities encompassing US equities trading, private placements, public market services, mezzanine financing, direct public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions advisory; as well as consulting on corporate structure, strategy, capital raising, and investment planning for investors, entrepreneurs, and businesses in sectors including natural resources, travel, aviation, technology, food, banking, energy, and telecom. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Roseville, California, with operations across the United States and internationally, Armada Mercantile operates as a nationwide licensed finance lender and FINRA-registered broker-dealer. Recent developments include the January 2025 acquisition of 100% of RichGrandDad Financial Ltd., expansion into consumer packaged goods via portfolio company Ace Foods with a new London Dairy ice cream and sorbet distribution agreement covering Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida across 600 stores, and diversification into off-road electric vehicles and ice cream manufacturing.