Financed ProjectsKOR Standard Bank (SME)

Identification Code:

OP/15/0012

Total Operation Cost:

5.000.000

Maturity:

36 months

Operation Status:

Description and Purpose of the Operation:

KOR Standard Bank (SME)

Countries of Operation:

Georgia (100,00 %)

Financial Product:

SME's

Sector:

Financial Institutions

Domain:

Private

Borrower/Client:

SME Loan Facility to JSC "Kor Standard Bank"

Co-Financiers/Participants:

N/A

Guarantors/Sponsors:

N/A

Developmental and Regional Cooperation Impact:

This operation involves a US$ 5 million lending facility with Kor Standard Bank (KSB), for on-lending to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). It is expected to have modest but favorable economic benefits for the Georgian economy, the most relevant being additional tax revenue gains from increased economic activity resulting from the financing provided, increases in employment, and multiplier effects for other parts of the economy. The regional cooperation element is low, because it is not yet known who the end beneficiaries of the facility will be, but most of the SMEs are likely to be mainly oriented to the domestic market

Environmental Classification and Impact (summary):

KSB is an existing client of the BSTDB under a trade finance facility, and as part of the established working relationship each application for trade finance was submitted to BSTDB for pre-approval/screening against the Exclusion List. This was necessary as the Borrower does not have any E&S risk assessment procedures in place for BSTDB to rely on. However, considering that SME lines are more complex transactions where the Borrower needs to have appropriate risk assessment system in place, it is strongly recommended that KSB develops a minimal E&S analysis procedure and integrate it into its portfolio management. The system shall meet the requirements of BSTDB towards FIs and should allow KSB to: 1) ensure that all SME sub-loans financed from the BSTDB proceeds meet the Exclusion List, and the legal and regulatory requirements in effect in the Republic of Georgia; 2) identify sub-loans with potential high E&S risk and impact, conduct an appropriate analysis, and provide mitigation measures; and 3) translate these measures as covenants into SME credit agreements.

Operation Leader:

Financial Institutions I

E-mail:

fi1@bstdb.org