Banco Davivienda secures $60M senior loan from FinDev Canada

What's the deal? Colombia's Banco DaviviendaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has secured a $60 million senior loan from the Development Finance Institute Canada (FinDev CanadaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →), the Canadian government's development finance arm.

The funds will back certified sustainable construction, micro and small businesses led by women, and social-interest housing loans with a gender focus.

Davivienda's board approved the five-year deal unanimously, authorising its legal representative to negotiate the interest rate and sign the paperwork.

Why now? The bank is leaning hard into debt to grow its loan book across customer segments.

It has also been issuing bonds in Colombia under its twelfth bond programme, which carries a ceiling of up to $7 billion and runs through the Colombian Stock Exchange.

What could go wrong? Currency and rate risk loom over any dollar-denominated loan to a Latin American lender, and the bank is taking on more debt as it expands.

The financing also carries gender and sustainability conditions, tying disbursement to targets Davivienda must hit on the ground.

The signal: FinDev Canada, the Canadian government's development finance arm, is channelling capital into emerging markets to drive sustainable growth, job creation, and gender equality — a mandate that maps neatly onto Davivienda's green construction and women-led lending targets. For the mature Colombian lender, which serves some 10 million customers and positions itself around financial inclusion, the $60 million senior loan reinforces a debt-fuelled push to grow its loan book while burnishing its sustainable development credentials.

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