OPIC Board of Directors Approves Financing for Wells Fargo SME Portfolio
March 26, 2014
(OPIC)
WASHINGTON – In a quarterly meeting March 20, the Board of Directors of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) approved a $200 million financing
guaranty to Wells Fargo in support of the U.S. Bankers’ Guaranteed Lending
Facility, a lending program designed to assist U.S.-owned small and medium sized
enterprises (SME) doing business in countries where OPIC is authorized to
operate.
OPIC’s support will help Wells Fargo to expand their SME lending into emerging
markets, and create a positive development impact while generating stable
financial returns.
“This commitment confidently extends OPIC’s enduring support for emerging-market
SME lending, a sector critical to job creation and economic growth in developing
countries,” said Elizabeth Littlefield, OPIC’s President and CEO. “Our previous
commitments to Wells Fargo’s SME efforts have proven both productive and
impactful to development. I’m eager to see the entrepreneurial innovation around
the world for which this renewed OPIC support unlocks the potential.”
“Since 2007, Wells Fargo has worked with OPIC to help support U.S. businesses
globally,” said Sanjiv Sanghvi, head of Wells Fargo’s Global Banking Group. “We
continue to build upon our longstanding relationship with OPIC as we serve the
growing international needs of our middle market customers.”
This marks OPIC’s second commitment to Wells Fargo’s SME lending activity,
following a successful $100 million program with the bank which began in 2007
and subsequently produced award-winning loans to U.S. entrepreneurs. OPIC looks
forward to further support of impactful investment in developing markets
resulting from today’s commitment to Wells Fargo.
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