Early Warning System

Countries

Turkiye

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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

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

Oct 3, 2023

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

TURK EKONOMI BANKASI AS

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Communications
Finance
Industry and Trade

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)

$ 26.17 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.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 25
Converted using 2023-10-03 exchange rate.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 26.17 million

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Jul 20, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 3, 2024

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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 project consists of a senior unsecured loan up to EUR 25m with up to 2 years final maturity and bullet principal repayment, to finance digital transformation investments of the Turkish manufacturing SMEs under the Digital Transformation Financing Facility ("DTFF" or "Programme"), a blended programme established under the Financial Intermediaries Framework ("FIF").

Turkish SMEs are lagging behind their EU and OECD peers in terms of digitalisation, therefore their production and operational processes are often struggling to compete with global peers. DTFF aims to spread the use of digital technologies among Turkish SMEs through promoting and financing digital transformation to significantly boost their competitiveness.

The proposed facility will be the first transaction under the recently appoved DTFF programme and builds on TEB's ambition to pioneer digitalisation transformation of their SME clients.

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.

Categorised FI (ESP 2019).

Investment Description

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

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

A senior unsecured loan up to EUR 25m with up to 2 years final maturity and bullet principal repayment.

DTFF Türkiye Programme is supported by technical co-operation to enhance digital awareness among Turkish SMEs, including women-led SMEs, as well as KOSGEB's capacity to monitor and manage the DTFF qualitative and quantitative impact, and will be funded by the EBRD-Türkiye Cooperation Fund or the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund.

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.

Turk Ekonomi Bankasi A.S (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.

TURK EKONOMI BANKASI AS - TEB is the 7th largest private bank (11th largest including SOBs) in Turkiye by asset size with a market share of 2% in assets, 2% in loans and 2.2% in deposits. It has 444 domestic branches and 9,054 employees, providing banking services to retail, commercial, corporate and SME clients. TEB has domestic subsidiaries in factoring, asset management and portfolio management in addition to its banking operations.

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION

Irem Bulat
irem.bulat@teb.com.tr
+90 (216) 635 25 63
+90 216 636 36 36
www.teb.com.tr
TEB Kampüs C ve D Blok Saray Mah. Sokullu Cad. No:7A - 7B Ümraniye 34768 / Istanbul

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can request information by emailing: accessinfo@ebrd.com or by using this electronic form: https://www.ebrd.com/eform/information-request

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF EBRD

The Project Complaint Mechanism (PCM) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who have been or are likely to be adversely affected by an European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the PCM, it may assess compliance with EBRD's own policies and procedures to prevent harm to the environment or communities or it may assist you in resolving the problem that led to the complaint through a dialogue with those implementing the project. Additionally, the PCM has the authority to recommend a project be suspended in the event that harm is imminent.

You can contact the PCM at: pcm@ebrd.com or you can submit a complaint online using an online form at: http://www.ebrd.com/eform/pcm/complaint_form?language=en

You can learn more about the PCM and how to file a complaint at: http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/project-finance/project-complaint-mechanism.html