WCS CR Coronation Merchant Bank (IFC-45629)

Countries
  • Nigeria
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
Completed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
FI
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
Jun 28, 2021
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
CORONATION MERCHANT BANK LIMITED
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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Investment Amount (USD)
Not Disclosed
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Jun 19, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 28, 2021

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

Coronation Merchant Bank Limited will receive a working capital facility under an IFC dedicated COVID-19 Emergency Response WCS Envelope (the WCS Facility). The WCS Facility will provide funding to existing IFC client banks in emerging markets, which will then extend new trade-related or working capital loans to businesses whose cash flows have been disrupted by the global coronavirus pandemic.

People Affected By This Project
People Affected By This Project refers to the communities of people likely to be affected positively or negatively by a project.

Resilience: in the context of the shock associated with the COVID pandemic, IFC will, through the proposed investment, support the Bank's capacity to sustain operations and particularly lending to critical sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Increase in access to finance: The proposed investment is expected to increase access to finance for players in key sectors of the Nigerian economy by helping the Bank scale up its trade-related financing to enterprises in Nigeria, which in turn is expected to drive economic growth and job creation.

Investment Description
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The proposed IFC’s Investment consists of a one-year senior loan with bullet repayment, renewable once, of up to US$20 million, processed under the WCS Facility.

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
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

According to the IFC, Coronation MB is a leading merchant bank in Nigeria with a market share of 30% of total merchant banking assets in the country. The Bank, which was previously established as a discount house in 1992, Associated Discount House Limited (“ADHL”), evolved to become a merchant bank after obtaining the required license on 22 April 2015. The Bank is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria


Contact Information
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Kesiena Esievo

Head, Global Trade

Coronation Merchant Bank Limited 

M: +2348096320734

E: KEsievo@coronationmb.com

 

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