Lafise Group Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) (DFC-LAFISEGROUPCENTRAL2)

Countries
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
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."
Borrower
Lafise Group Panama Inc and Banco Lafise Bancentro
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Finance
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 133.34 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 @ DFC website

Updated in EWS Nov 25, 2019

Disclosed by Bank Sep 14, 2018


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Project Description
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According to the Agency's document, this project will: (i) finance the expansion of the Borrowers’ small- and medium-sized enterprise, consumer and housing portfolio in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama; and (ii) strengthen the capital base of LGP’s banking subsidiaries in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama.

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