Banpais Honduras: Senior Financing for SMEs (IDBI-15949-01)

Regions
  • Latin America and Caribbean
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Honduras
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Tegucigalpa
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Financial Institutions
  • IDB Invest (IDBI)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Apr 24, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Banpais
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 0.10 million
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Loan Amount (USD)
$ 0.10 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 0.10 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IDBI website

Updated in EWS Apr 8, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Apr 7, 2026

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Project Description
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El proyecto consiste en un préstamo senior A/B sin garantía de hasta US$200 millones, que se otorgará a Banco del País ("Banpais" o "el Banco"), con un plazo de hasta cinco años a partir del desembolso. BID Invest financiará hasta US$50 millones del préstamo (con la posibilidad de un tramo adicional no comprometido de aproximadamente US$50 millones), mientras que el resto (aproximadamente US$100 millones) será cubierto por uno o más participantes externos. La implementación de una asesoría técnica proporcionada por BID Invest se evaluará junto con Banpais, con el fin de fortalecer las capacidades del Banco en relación con la cartera objetivo. El principal objetivo del financiamiento es ampliar las carteras de crédito y el financiamiento del Banco hacia proyectos enfocados en pequeñas y medianas empresas (incluidas las mujeres emprendedoras) en Honduras. La transacción también podrá complementarse con recursos de financiamiento combinado del fondo We-Fi, destinados a fomentar el acceso al financiamiento para las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME) propiedad de mujeres.

Investment Description
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Private Actors Description
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Banpais Honduras

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Banco del Pais, S.A. (Banpais) Client -

Contact Information
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NÚMERO DE TELÉFONO: +504 2566-2020

DIRECCIÓN DE LA OFICINA DE CORREOS: Edificio Torre Banpais, José Antonio Peraza, Cortes HN, 21102 San Pedro Sula, Honduras

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MECANISMO DE RENDICIÓN DE CUENTAS DEL BID / BID INVEST

El Mecanismo Independiente de Consulta e Investigación (MICI) es el mecanismo independiente de quejas y el organismo de investigación para las personas que se han visto o podrían verse afectadas negativamente por un proyecto financiado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) o la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (BID Invest). Si presenta una queja ante el MICI, este podrá ayudarle a resolver los problemas que planteó mediante un proceso de solución de controversias con quienes implementan el proyecto y/o mediante una investigación para evaluar si el BID o BID Invest están cumpliendo con sus propias políticas para prevenir o mitigar daños a las personas o al medio ambiente. Puede presentar una queja enviando un correo electrónico a MICI@iadb.org. Para obtener más información sobre el MICI y cómo presentar una queja, visite http://www.iadb.org/en/mici/mici,1752.html (en inglés) o http://www.iadb.org/es/mici/mici,1752.html (en español).

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