GTFP Bank of Baghdad (IFC-50747)

Countries
  • Iraq
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
Approved
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
Apr 23, 2025
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
Bank of Baghdad
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)
Guarantee
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 10.00 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 May 21, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Mar 24, 2025

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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.

According to the Bank’s website, the proposed project is a US$10 million uncommitted trade finance guarantee facility under IFC’s Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) to Bank of Baghdad (“BoB”) for a tenor of up to 12 months. The purpose of the proposed IFC trade line is to enable BoB to expand its international trade business and support trade in lieu of challenging macroeconomic conditions in Iraq.                                                                                            

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

This Project will support short-term trade finance activities in BoB. The environmental and social (E&S) risks and impacts associated with these activities are low and the project has therefore been classified as a category FI-3 in accordance with IFC’s Environmental and Social Sustainability Policy.

Investment Description
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The Project consists of up to US$10 million trade finance guarantee facility under the Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) for transactions with tenor up to one year.  

GTFP offers confirming banks partial or full guarantees covering payment risk of issuing banks in emerging markets for trade related transactions.

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.

Bank of Baghdad is one of the leading private banks in Iraq,  commanding 16% and 22% market share of private banks’ total assets and deposits. BoB is a subsidiary of Jordan Kuwait Bank (JKB) who has 53% shareholding stake in the Bank. The second largest shareholder in BoB is Euphrates Iraq Fund Ltd with 19.9% and the remaining shareholders have less than 2% each.


Contact Information
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Bank of Baghdad
Nabeel Tomman
Chief Risk Officer
+964-7809-284957
Nabeel.tomman@bankofbaghdad.com.iq
Dis. 902 – St. 11 – Bul. 25 & 27Post Box. 3192 Alwya
www.bankofbaghdad.com.iq

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