Bladex Secures $100M Deal for Banco Promerica Guatemala, Bolsters Central American Financial Ties
Bladex Secures $100M Deal for Banco Promerica Guatemala, Bolsters Central American Financial Ties
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. ((", Bladex", or ", the Bank", , NYSE:BLX) announced the recent closing of a US$100 million three-year syndicated facility (the "Facility") in favor of the Guatemalan bank Banco Promerica, S.A. ("Banco Promerica Guatemala" or the "Bank"). Bladex was the Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, and Administrative Agent for the Facility.
拉丁美洲外贸银行股份有限公司（“，Bladex”，或 “，银行”，纽约证券交易所代码：BLX）最近宣布关闭一项为期三年的1亿美元银团贷款（“融资”），以支持危地马拉普罗梅里卡银行有限公司（“危地马拉普罗美利卡银行” 或 “银行”）。Bladex是该基金的唯一牵头安排人和账簿管理人以及行政代理人。
Banco Promerica Guatemala is one of the main subsidiaries of Promerica Financial Corporation ("PFC Group"), a leading financial banking group in Central America with operations in Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Honduras, as well as in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Cayman Islands. The Bank is a full-service financial institution with the leading credit card issuance in the region.
危地马拉普罗梅里卡银行是Promerica Financial Corporation（“PFC集团”）的主要子公司之一，该公司是中美洲领先的金融银行集团，在巴拿马、危地马拉、哥斯达黎加、洪都拉斯、萨尔瓦多和洪都拉斯以及多米尼加共和国、厄瓜多尔和开曼群岛开展业务。该银行是一家提供全方位服务的金融机构，拥有该地区领先的信用卡发卡机构。
The deal constitutes the biggest international syndicated facility arranged yet, for Banco Promerica Guatemala and the 4th for the PFC Group. Bladex previously co-led the financing of PFC's acquisition of the Guatemalan banking operations in 2017.
该交易是危地马拉Promerica银行迄今为止安排的最大的国际银团设施，也是PFC集团的第四笔交易。Bladex此前曾在2017年共同领导了PFC收购危地马拉银行业务的融资。
The transaction attracted the interest of 13 financial institutions from Europe, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, of which 11 of them represent new banking relationships for the Bank. Proceeds from the Facility will be used to finance support the growth of its loan portfolio and refinance short term debt.
该交易吸引了来自欧洲、中美洲、南美洲和加勒比地区的13家金融机构的兴趣，其中11家代表了该银行的新银行关系。该融资机制的收益将用于为其贷款组合的增长提供资金和为短期债务再融资。