Itau-CBC Subdebt (IFC-40562)

Countries
  • Colombia
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
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
Dec 1, 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
ITAU CORPBANCA COLOMBIA SA
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Finance
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Ring Fence
  • Small & Medium Enterprises
A financial intermediary is a commercial bank or financial institution that receives funds from a development bank, sometimes for a specific lending purpose. A "ring fence" is another name for this specific purpose. These funds are then used for lending by the financial intermediary to client companies or individuals.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
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 Dec 12, 2017

Disclosed by Bank Dec 6, 2017

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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.
The project consists in a proposed syndicated subordinated loan to Itau Corpbanca Colombia (“Itau-CBC” or the “Bank”) to support the Bank consolidation in the Country, support the growth of its SME and climate-smart loan portfolio and strengthen its capital requirements (the “Project”). By providing the most needed form of long-term financing for the Bank at this time, the Project will enable IFC to continue supporting a key partner in Colombia and Latin America with an interest in increasing its footprint in the SME and climate-smart segments.
Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.
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 Actor Relationship
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.

There is often limited information publicly available about what development banks are funding through financial intermediaries. In 2021, the Early Warning System partnered with Oxfam International to incorporate information on high-risk projects being funded by financial intermediaries receiving funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Dutch Development Bank (FMO).

The information listed below describes the relationship between the different private actors linked to high-risk sectors and subprojects of IFC and FMO's financial intermediary investments and/or the financial intermediary's parent companies made from 2017 through 2020, including any associated ring fences.

The database, however, does not explicitly or implicitly imply that IFC or FMO have material exposure to or are contractually or legally accountable to the sub-projects financed by their financial intermediaries or the financial intermediary's parent companies. It only shows a seemingly financial relationship among the different private actors, the financial intermediaries, and IFC or FMO.

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.
Itau-CBC is the bank resulting from the merger between Helm Bank with and into Corpbanca Colombia on June 1, 2014 (the “Colombian merger”). Previously, in June 2012, Chilean-based bank Corpbanca (now Itaú CorpBanca) finalized the acquisition of Banco Santander Colombia S.A., which immediately after was renamed to “Banco CorpBanca Colombia S.A.”. With this acquisition, former CorpBanca became the first Chilean bank to have a banking subsidiary outside the country. A few months later, in August 2013, former CorpBanca Colombia acquired Helm Bank and subsequently merged it with and into CorpBanca Colombia as previously mentioned. Itau-CBC’s controlling shareholder is Itau Corpbanca (ITCB), a listed bank in Chile and in New York. Itaú Corpbanca is the entity resulting from the merger of Banco Itaú Chile with and into Corpbanca on April 1, 2016 (the “Chilean merger”). The current ownership structure of ITCB is: 36.06% owned by Itaú Unibanco (the largest financial institution in Brazil), 30.65% owned by CorpGroup (one of Chile’s leading financial conglomerates), and 33.29% owned by minority shareholders. Itaú Unibanco is the sole controlling shareholder of the Chilean merged bank. Within this context and without limiting the above, Itaú Unibanco and CorpGroup have signed a shareholders’ agreement relating to corporate governance, dividend policy (based on performance and capital metrics), transfer of shares, liquidity and other matters. CorpGroup, additionally, owns a 12.36% share ownership of Itau-CBC. After the Chilean merger, the Colombian banking subsidiary had to align to the new policies and procedures of its parent who in turn follows Itaú’s guidelines. In this context, the Bank was renamed to Itau Corpbanca Colombia in 2017. As of August 31, 2017, Itau-CBC is the 6th largest bank in Colombia, holding a 5.2% market share in terms of loans.

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.
For inquires about the project: Itau Corpbanca Colombia SA Maria Fernanda Borrero International Financial Institutions Manager +(571) 644 8000 ext 18177 maria.borrero@itau.co Cra 7 # 99-53 www.itau.co ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IFC The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by an IFC or MIGA- financed project. If you submit a complaint to the CAO, they may assist you in resolving a dispute with the company and/or investigate to assess whether the IFC is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. If you want to submit a complaint electronically, you can email the CAO at CAO@worldbankgroup.org. You can learn more about the CAO and how to file a complaint at http://www.cao-ombudsman.org/

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