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IFC Invests in Asialink to Boost Small-Business Lending in the Philippines

IFC’s investment will help AFC in expanding its financing for MSMEs, with at least 60 percent of loan proceeds earmarked for women-owned or led MSMEs (WMSMEs). 

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IFC Lends $460 Million to Daycoval to Support Small and Medium Enterprises, Focusing on Female Entrepreneurship and the Legal Amazon

IFC and Banco Daycoval, one of Brazil's leading mid-sized banks in the corporate credit market, have just signed a $460 million loan agreement to stimulate credit for female entrepreneurship and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), particularly in the Legal Amazon region.

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IFC Partners With Armenian Banks to Boost Financial Inclusion, Support Climate Projects

IFC is establishing the country’s first risk sharing facilities with two Armenian banks and providing a loan to a third for on-lending to micro and smaller businesses.

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IFC Partners With UniCredit Bank to Boost Access to Climate Finance in Romania

A new IFC investment in senior bonds issued by UniCredit Bank S.A. will expand access to green loans for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and individuals, including women, to bolster the country’s climate finance market and support its green transition.

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IFC Invests $40 M in Tanner Servicios Financieros to Back the Creation of Tanner Banco Digital and Support Electromobility, MSMEs and Women-Led Businesses in Chile

The financing will be complemented by advisory services from IFC to support Tanner develop an embedded finance strategy to enhance client acquisition through partnerships with non-financial companies.

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IFC Provides $45 Million Financing and Advisory Services to Caja 18 to Support Retirees and Low-Income Women Workers

The package consists of a $10 million loan, a $30 million loan syndicated by Blue Orchard, ResponsAbility and ILX, and a $5 million Trust Loan provided by IFC as the implementing entity for the Managed Co-Lending Portfolio One Planet Program.

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IFC and Erste Bank Partner to Boost MSME Growth and Catalyze Green Transition in Serbia

In a strategic move to bridge funding gaps for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and green initiatives in Serbia, IFC is set to invest up to EUR 65 million in Erste Bank a.d. Novi Sad.

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IFC and Equity Bank of Kenya Partner in Landmark Facility to Support Financial Inclusion for Refugees

The $20 million facility will boost financial inclusion for individuals and small businesses in Kenya’s most underserved regions that serve as a home to hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people from countries across Africa.

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IFC Partners With Axis Bank to Provide a $500 Million Climate Loan in India

This is IFC’s first blue investment in India and the first blue transaction by a financial institution in the country.

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IFC Provides Financing for $200 Million to Banco BICE to Expand Mortgages for Women in Chile

The loan will have a five-year tenor and a three-year grace period, helping Banco BICE increase and diversify its long-term financing to support the housing portfolio growth.