SANASA DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC.
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Who is our customer
Sanasa Development Bank PLC (SDB). SDB has its roots in a large, island-wide network of savings and credit cooperatives in Sri Lanka known as the "Sanasa movement". "Sanasa" is a Sinhalese acronym for "thrift and credit cooperative". The Sanasa movement is the largest cooperative network in the country and consists of about 9000 cooperatives with about 3 million members (about 20 percent of the Sri Lankan population). Sanasa cooperatives are member owned societies and are grouped together under the Sanasa Federation, which is supervised by the Department of Co-operative Development. The Sanasa cooperatives are particularly active in rural areas and SDB was created to eventually serve as their apex financial institution.
What is our funding objective?
A secured, local currency loan of USD 6,000,000 for 5 years with 2 years' grace, to be used to grow the SME portfolio.
Why do we fund this investment?
SDB's rural focus and inclusive finance model aligns well with FMO's objectives: SDB has only 14 percent of its branches and about 18 percent of portfolio in the Western province overall (where main economic activities are) whereas most other commercial banks have between 25 percent and 40 percent of branches in the capital only.
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- Region
- Asia
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Sector
- Financial Institutions
- Effective date
- 12/15/2016
- End date
- 11/21/2022
- Total FMO financing
- USD 6.00 MLN
- Funding
- MASSIF
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Risk categorization on environmental and social impacts, A = high risk, B+ = medium high risk, B = medium risk, C = low risk
Environmental & Social Category
(A, B+, B or C) - C