Summary of Proposed Investment
Project Number
8561
Company Name
Micro Crédit National S.A.
Date SPI Disclosed
May 7, 1998
Country
Haiti
Industry
Financial Markets
Status
Completed
Sector
Commercial Banking - Microfinance and Small Business
Department
Regional Industry FIG LAC & EUR
Environmental Category
FI
Previous Events
Approved : Jun 11, 1998
Signed : Sep 14, 1999
Invested : Dec 17, 1999
Project Description
REVISED Summary Of Project Information (SPI)
| Project Name | Haiti-MicroCredit National, S.A. |
| Region | Latin American and the Caribbean |
| Sector |
Projected Board DateJune 11, 1998
Company NameMicroCredit National, S.A.
Technical Partner and/or Major Shareholders
IPC GmbH, a consulting company based in Germany, has consulted with or managed numerous microlending operations in Latin American, Africa, and Eastern Europe, including projects with IFC. IPC will serve both as shareholder and technical partner in setting up the company.
Unibank, S.A., Haití''s second largest bank in term of assets, will be the largest single shareholder. Founded in 1993, Unibank is controlled by a group of young Haitian businessmen. Unibank has several subsidiaries, including a consumer credit company, a real estate development company, an investment bank, and a consulting firm, which together join the "Group Financial National" (GFN). At the end of September 1997, Unibank had the equivalent of US$138 million in assets, and capital of US$6 million.
Project Cost Including proposed IFC investment
US$2,000,000 in equity, of which IFC would contribute up to US$500,000.
Location of project and Description of site
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Description of Company and Purpose of Project
The project would create MicroCredit National, S.A., the first financial institution dedicated exclusively to lending on a commercial basis to microenterprises in Haiti. The new institution will offer loans ranging in size from US$200 to US$10,000 to an eventual client base of 10,000-20,000 customers in the informal sector. Its operations will make use of special credit analysis and loan administration technologies to serve a large number of very small clients. IPC GmbH will manage the bank under contract for the start up phase, with plans to train and eventually turn over the management to Haitian staff.
Environmental Category and Issues
This is a Financial Intermediary (FI) category project according to IFC''s environmental review procedure. The project will be required to lend to subborrowers whose projects comply with relevant laws of Haiti, commit to the use of an exclusion list as part of the application review process, and disseminate appropriate environmental information to loan applicants.
| Date SPI sent to Infoshop: Revised: | May 7, 1998 May 14, 1998 |
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