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What IFC’s $50m Lift Means For FCMB
Bank Is Second Nigerian Bank To Receive IFC’s COVID-19 Package
FCMB’s 4.5 million customers have an opportunity to benefit from a $50 million loan facility extended by the International Finance Corporation, IFC directed at businesses disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic it emerged on Friday.
The loan facility is specifically to help FCMB expand lending to Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs that may have been affected by SMEs, the IFC and FCMB said in a joint statement made available to GWG.
FCMB is the second Nigeria bank to be availed of the facility underlying the IFC’s measure of confidence in FCMB which has 250 branches across the country and other electronic portals for servicing its 4.5 million customers.
The loan, made through IFC’s COVID-19 fast-track financing support package, reflects IFC’s commitment to Nigeria’s private sector following the severe challenges brought by the health and economic crisis. The funds will allow FCMB to support hundreds of businesses with trade financing and working capital loans.
FCMB is the second Nigeria bank to be availed of the facility underlying the IFC’s measure of confidence in FCMB
FCMB’s Chief Executive, Adam Nuru, said, “IFC’s loan facility will allow us to keep credit flowing to SMEs as well as corporate companies across all sectors of Nigeria’s economy, including in the health, pharmaceutical, food and trading industries.”
IFC’s Country Manager for Nigeria, Eme Essien Lore, said, “Supporting financial institutions like FCMB is vital to keeping smaller businesses solvent, saving jobs, and limiting economic damage in the face of a challenge as formidable as COVID-19. Although Nigeria has a strong and dynamic private sector, it needs liquidity now to ensure it remains viable during and after COVID-19.”
IFC’s $8 billion global COVID-19 fast track facility was launched in March 2020 to support existing clients through direct lending to affected companies and to financial institutions so they can continue lending to their clients and help to preserve and create jobs.
With a network of 205 branches, FCMB serves more than 4.5 million customers in Nigeria. IFC’s portfolio in the country stands at $1.3 billion in sectors including manufacturing, financial services, infrastructure and technology.
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