Tengri Bank and WorldBusiness Capital sign 15 mln worth loan agreement

03.10.18 18:05
/KASE, October 3, 2018/ – Tengri Bank (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has informed KASE as follows: quote On August 31, 2018, Tengri Bank (Bank) and WorldBusiness Capital Inc. (WBC) signed loan agreement worth 15 million US dollars. This loan has a period of 10 years with a 2-year grace period and is partially guaranteed by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s the U.S. development finance institution. This loan will be used for financing small and medium business ( SMEs), which confirms the bank's purposeful policy on SME support in Kazakhstan and strengthens its leading position in the SME sector. At least 25% of the loan amount will be used to support SMEs owned or managed by women. unquote More details are available on KASE website – http://kase.kz/files/emitters/DNBN/dnbn_reliz_031018_1.pdf [2018-10-03]