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Company name

Fedecredito Remittance Funding Company

Project number

11932-02

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
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FI-2

Country

El Salvador

Sector

Financial Institutions

Status

In implementation

Disclosed date

10/25/2017

Projected date at which a project will be put forward for the Board of Executive Directors’ approval.

Projected board date
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02/11/2017

Approval date

01/17/2018

Signed date

09/19/2018

Sponsoring entity

Federacion de Cajas de Credito y Bancos de los Trabajadores

Investment Operations Department Contact

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Investment type

Syndicated amount

N/A

Financing amount

USD $ 15,000,000

Currency

USD

Project scope and objective

The IIC’s participation will consist of a US Dollar denominated note subscription to Fedecredito Remittance Funding Company Ltd. (the “Issuer”) in an amount of up to US$15 million (the “Note”). IFC and responsibility have already purchased US30 million in notes of this issuance. IIC’s Note will have an individual maximum tenor of 7 years with a 2-year grace period (the “Financing”). The proceeds of the Financing will be used to increase its lending activities for low-income housing and MSMEs.

Brief Project Description:
The Fedecredito System (“FDCS”) comprises 48 Cajas de Credito (“CC”) and 7 Bancos de los Trabajadores (“BDT”). Fedecredito is a second-tier FI, 100% privately-owned and supervised by El Salvador’s “Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero”. It was established in 1943 and its mission is to help develop an effective FDCS by providing its members with training and specialized technical services. The FDCS in turn constitutes the largest network of financing service providers in El Salvador, present in 187 of the 262 municipalities of the country. Fedecredito only provides financing to their member entities. The CCs and BDTs funnel this funds into the local market. As of December 2016, the FDCS was the 5th largest lender in the country with a loan portfolio of US$1.4 billion (market share of 11%), deposits of US$740 million and more than 961k credit users serving mainly low-income families and MSMEs. FDCS’ portfolio distribution is as follows: MSMEs 35%; consumer loans 53% and housing 12%
Fedecredito is an existing client of the IDBG. In 2010, the Bank approved a US$19 million A/B Loan to increase financing for municipal market modernization. Fedecredito has also received funding and technical assistance from the Multilateral Investment Fund (“MIF”) to improve its ability to serve the poorest segments of the country’s population; and support modernization and institutional strengthening.

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Environmental and social review

IDB Invest conducts an environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) commensurate with the nature, scale, and stage of the project, and with its level of environmental and social risks and impacts. The ESDD will confirm the project E&S categorization and assess the project with respect to the client requirements in IDB Invest Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy. The results of the ESDD, including any identified gaps are described in the Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) provided below. For projects approved as of 2016, any gaps with respect to IDB Invest's Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy at the time of the ESDD are addressed in the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) presented below, to comply with the date mentioned above.

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PHONE

+1(202)-566-4566

ADDRESS

1350 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

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