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.
危地马拉——花旗为危地马拉农业商业银行（Bam）提供了社会贸易贷款，为中小型企业（SME）提供关键资金，促进包容性经济增长。这是哥伦比亚银行集团提供的第一笔社会贸易贷款。
The amount approved is USD 30 million, which will go toward giving small businesses better access to financing to expand its activities.
批准的金额为3000万美元，将用于为小型企业提供更好的融资渠道，以扩大其活动。
"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.
“我们很自豪能够支持推动有意义变革的举措，为在全国范围内创建可持续、有弹性的社区做出贡献。有了这些生产性信贷，我们将帮助推进金融生态系统并扩大获得基本服务的渠道。” 花旗危地马拉国家官员胡利奥·阿尔瓦雷斯评论道。
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.
该交易支持花旗的社会融资目标，即为新兴市场的1500万个低收入家庭（包括1000万名女性）提供基本服务和经济机会，并支持花旗到2030年在全球范围内为1万亿美元的可持续金融融资和促进的目标。
"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.
“这笔交易是我们对危地马拉中小型企业支持的关键推动力，使他们能够获得促进其增长和发展的资源，为创造就业机会和经济福祉做出贡献。我们致力于实现促进可持续发展以造福所有人的福祉的目标。” Bam财务副总裁曼努埃尔·查韦斯·里维拉评论道。
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.
在2022年至2023年之间，花旗完成了50笔价值约30美元的社会融资交易，以扩大拉丁美洲和加勒比地区服务不足社区获得基本服务的渠道。
About Citi
关于花旗银行
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.
花旗是具有跨境需求的机构的卓越银行合作伙伴，是财富管理领域的全球领导者，也是美国本土市场的重要个人银行。花旗银行在近160个国家和司法管辖区开展业务，为企业、政府、投资者、机构和个人提供广泛的金融产品和服务。
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