Joint Stock Innovative Commercial Bank Ipak Yuli
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Who is our customer
JSICB Ipak Yuli Bank (“IYB”) is a mid-sized universal bank in Uzbekistan with focus on Micro, Small and Medium sized enterprises. The bank operates a network of 15 branches (80 points of sale) with 1,863 staff. IYB is an existing client of FMO since 2013.
What is our funding objective?
The loan will mostly be funded in local currency UZS, which is scarcely available for medium to long terms. This 4-year loan will be used to finance a combination of women, youth, agriculture Micro and SME customers of IYB, which contribute to FMO's Reducing Inequalities target. In addition, the loan will partially be used to finance Green projects, supporting FMO's Climate Action target.
Why do we fund this investment?
Green and Reducing Inequalities is at the heart of FMO’s strategy. The loan meets the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 5, 8, 10 and 13 by supporting women and young (agricultural) MSME entrepreneurs, with access to finance and by addressing climate action. Furthermore, this loan provides IYB with stable long term funding, which indirectly contributes to supporting job creation, job maintenance and economic growth. Uzbekistan is one of the poorer countries in the region with ~15% of the population living below the poverty line (down from 30% in 2001), of which 75% live in rural areas, where agriculture is the main industry. MSMEs are the core of the Uzbek economy. In 2016 SMEs generated ~60% of the country’s GDP and provided more than 75% of total jobs. Access to credit remains critical for further development of the MSME segment.
What is the Environmental and Social categorization rationale?
Low risk, C-category. IYB has a well-functioning ESMS. No exposure to IFC PS triggered transactions, no exclusion list exposure, limited high risk E&S exposure, no project finance and an overall low average loan size.
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- Website customer/investment
- http://ipakyulibank.uz/index.php/en/
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Sector
- Financial Institutions
- Effective date
- 8/13/2019
- End date
- 10/18/2023
- Total FMO financing
- USD 20.00 MLN
- Funding
- FMO NV
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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) - B