Citi Continues Its Support for Guatemala's Financial Ecosystem With Social Trade Loans
Citi Continues Its Support for Guatemala's Financial Ecosystem With Social Trade Loans
"We are very proud to support initiatives that drive meaningful change and contribute to create sustainable, resilient communities across the country. With these productive credits we will help advancing the financial ecosystem and expand access to essential services," commented Julio Álvarez, Citi Country Officer of Citi Guatemala.Spanish
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Guatemala - Citi structured a Social Trade Loan for Banco Agromercantil de Guatemala (Bam) to provide critical funding to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), promoting inclusive economic growth. This is the first Social trade loan with Grupo Bancolombia.
Citi爲危地馬拉銀行哥倫比亞銀行結構化了一筆社會貿易貸款，爲中小企業提供關鍵資金，促進包容性經濟增長。這是與Grupo Bancolombia達成的首筆社會貿易貸款。
The amount approved is USD 30 million, which will go toward giving small businesses better access to financing to expand its activities.
批准的金額爲3000萬美元，將用於爲小型企業提供更好的融資渠道，以擴大其業務活動。
"We are very proud to support initiatives that drive meaningful change and contribute to create sustainable, resilient communities across the country. With these productive credits we will help advancing the financial ecosystem and expand access to essential services," commented Julio Álvarez, Citi Country Officer of Citi Guatemala.
「我們非常自豪地支持推動有意義變革並有助於打造全國各地可持續、有彈性的社區的倡議。通過這些生產性信貸，我們將有助於推進金融生態系統的發展，擴大對基本服務的獲取，」 Citi危地馬拉國家總經理何塞·阿爾瓦雷斯(Julio Álvarez)評論道。
This transaction supports Citi's Social Finance goal to enable access to basic services and economic opportunities for 15 million low-income households, including 10 million women, in emerging markets and supports Citi's goal to finance and facilitate $1 trillion in sustainable finance by 2030 globally.
該交易支持花旗銀行的社會金融目標，即爲新興市場中1500萬低收入家庭提供基本服務和經濟機會，其中包括1000萬婦女，並支持花旗銀行的目標，即到2030年在全球範圍內提供並促進1萬億美元的可持續金融。
"This transaction represents a key boost in our support of small and medium-sized enterprises in Guatemala, allowing them to access resources that enhance their growth and development, and contribute to the generation of employment and economic well-being. We are committed to our purpose of promoting sustainable development for everyone's well-being," commented Manuel Chavez Rivera, Vice President of Finance of Bam.
「這筆交易標誌着我們在支持危地馬拉的中小企業方面的重要支持，使他們能夠獲得促進他們成長和發展的資源，並有助於創造就業機會和經濟福祉。我們致力於促進可持續發展，造福所有人，」 Bam財務副總裁曼努埃爾·查韋斯·裏韋拉(Manuel Chavez Rivera)表示。
Between 2022 and 2023, Citi closed 50 social finance transactions worth USD ~3 billion to expand access to basic services in underserved communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2022年至2023年間，Citi完成了50筆社會融資交易，總值約30億美元，旨在擴大拉丁美洲和加勒比地區未開發社區基本服務的獲取。
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Citi is a preeminent banking partner for institutions with cross-border needs, a global leader in wealth management and a valued personal bank in its home market of the United States. Citi does business in nearly 160 countries and jurisdictions, providing corporations, governments, investors, institutions and individuals with a broad range of financial products and services.
花旗是一家備受尊敬的銀行合作伙伴，爲具有跨境需求的機構提供服務，在财富管理方面是全球領導者，在美國市場則是備受重視的個人銀行。花旗在近160個國家和地區開展業務，爲企業、政府、投資者、機構和個人提供廣泛的金融產品和服務。
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