PROJECT

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Summary of Proposed Investment

Project Number

7497

Company Name

PT BANK OCBC NISP TBK

Date SPI Disclosed

Apr 24, 1996

Country

Indonesia

Industry

Financial Markets

Status

Completed

Sector

Commercial Banking - General

Department

Global Industry, Financial Markets

Environmental Category

FI

Previous Events

Approved : Mar 6, 1997
Signed : Oct 16, 1997
Invested : Dec 1, 1997

Project Description

Summary Of Project Information (SPI)

Project NameIndonesia-Dual Borrower Facility (Bank NISP and Bank Tiara)
     
RegionAsia
Sector
Project No007497
Projected Board DateJune 15, 1996
Company NameBank NISP and Bank Tiara
Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders

The major shareholder of Bank NISP is the Surjaudaja family. The major shareholder of Bank Tiara is the Ometraco Corporation.

Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment

A loan of up to $20 million to each bank.

Location of project and Description of site

Indonesia

Description of Company and Purpose of Project (include IFC role\development impact)

The two banks are medium-sized, private commercial banks licensed for foreign exchange operations. NISP was established in 1941, while Tiara was set up in 1989. Both banks are listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange. The proposed project is to channel IFC’s loans through the two banks to small and medium-sized Indonesian enterprises, particularly exporters, for project finance and trade finance. This project will help increase such enterprises’ access to much-needed term loans, thereby supporting Indonesia’s export efforts.

Environmental Category and Issues

This is a Financial Intermediary (FI) category project according to IFC’s environmental review procedure. The two banks will be required to undertake an environmental review of eligible borrowers’ environ-mental performance and each sub-project’s compliance with the Government of Indonesia’s environmental, health and safety requirements as well as applicable World Bank policies and guidelines. In addition, IFC will assess the two banks’ capability to carry out environmental reviews.

Date SPI sent to PIC      April 24, 1996

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