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.
危地馬拉——花旗爲危地馬拉農業商業銀行（Bam）提供了社會貿易貸款，爲中小型企業（SME）提供關鍵資金，促進包容性經濟增長。這是哥倫比亞銀行集團提供的第一筆社會貿易貸款。
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.
「我們很自豪能夠支持推動有意義變革的舉措，爲在全國範圍內創建可持續、有彈性的社區做出貢獻。有了這些生產性信貸，我們將幫助推進金融生態系統並擴大獲得基本服務的渠道。」 花旗危地馬拉國家官員胡利奧·阿爾瓦雷斯評論道。
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.
該交易支持花旗的社會融資目標，即爲新興市場的1500萬個低收入家庭（包括1000萬名女性）提供基本服務和經濟機會，並支持花旗到2030年在全球範圍內爲1萬億美元的可持續金融融資和促進的目標。
"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.
「這筆交易是我們對危地馬拉中小型企業支持的關鍵推動力，使他們能夠獲得促進其增長和發展的資源，爲創造就業機會和經濟福祉做出貢獻。我們致力於實現促進可持續發展以造福所有人的福祉的目標。」 Bam財務副總裁曼努埃爾·查韋斯·里維拉評論道。
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年之間，花旗完成了50筆價值約30美元的社會融資交易，以擴大拉丁美洲和加勒比地區服務不足社區獲得基本服務的渠道。
About Citi
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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.
花旗是具有跨境需求的機構的卓越銀行合作伙伴，是财富管理領域的全球領導者，也是美國本土市場的重要個人銀行。花旗銀行在近160個國家和司法管轄區開展業務，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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