Company name
Corporación Financiera de Occidente S.A. de C.V. SOFOL (“Finox”)
Project number
ME3976A-01
FI-2 operations are those where the risk potential is considered medium: the FI’s current or future portfolio consists of or is expected to consist of, business activities that have potential limited adverse environmental or social risks or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible, and readily addressed through mitigation measures; or includes a very limited number of business activities with potential adverse environmental or social risks or impacts that are diverse, irreversible, or unprecedented.
E&S category
FI-2
Country
Mexico
Sector
Financial Institutions
Status
Completed
Disclosed date
08/03/2012
Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.
Projected board date
09/04/2012
Approval date
09/05/2012
Signed date
03/07/2013
Sponsoring entity
N/A
Investment Operations Department Contact
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Investment type
Syndicated amount
USD $ 570,125
Financing amount
USD $ 570,125
Currency
MXN
Project scope and objective
Finox was founded in 2004 as a limited-scope financial institution (known by the Spanish acronym SOFOL). Finox provides financial services to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, mainly in the agribusiness and manufacturing sectors. Its products include loans to finance production cycles, sales, imports, equipment procurement, and investment projects. Finox management has extensive experience and a long track record in Mexico’s financial sector and has demonstrated good corporate governance and strict adherence to corporate policies and procedures. Finox does business in ten of the country’s federal entities—chiefly Sonora, Jalisco, Michoacán, and Colima.
The company is currently seeking a license to operate as a niche bank or Level II Specialized Bank. Under Mexican law, the SOFOL will cease to exist as a category of legal entities in 2013.
Through an investment of MX$15 million (approximately US$1 million) in preferred stock, the IIC will be backing one of the first processes in the country in which a non-bank financial institution transitions to a niche bank. This transition will allow Finox to substantially grow its loan portfolio, increase its lines of credit with current funders, secure access to greater funding sources, and, in the medium term, attract significant resources from the public.
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