Contigo I (IFC-38960)

Countries
  • Mexico
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
C
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
Feb 24, 2017
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
CEGE CAPITAL SAPI DE CV SOFOM ENR
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 6.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Jul 14, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Jan 24, 2017

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Project Description
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The project is to extend a Mexican Peso (MXN) line of credit to continue supporting the loan portfolio growth in CEGE Capital S.A.P.I. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (“Contigo” or the “Company”). The proposed project will reach women micro-entrepreneurs in Mexico and will enhance micro lending competitiveness of the private sector and help deepening the financial sector since a high portion of the sub-borrowers served are outside the formal financial sector.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

This is IFC's first investment in Contigo. Contigo is a non-bank financial institution (“Sofom”) specialized in microfinance that seeks to have a positive social impact at the base of the pyramid alongside financial returns. The Company started its operations in 2010 and achieved scale through a combination of organic growth and mergers with other MFIs. Contigo has over 180,000 clients and a total net loan portfolio of MXN 694.5 million as of September 2016.

Contigo’s ownership is comprised by strong institutional and individual shareholders with vast experience in the Mexican financial sector.

 

Financial Intermediary
A financial intermediary is a bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank. A financial intermediary then lends these funds to their clients (private actors) in the form of loans, bonds, guarantees and equity shares. Financial intermediaries include insurance, pension and equity funds. The direct financial relationship is between the development bank and the financial intermediary.
Private Actors Description
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CEGE CAPITAL SAPI, de CV offers business loans to women. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.


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