Guatemala City, June 11, 2021.- A total of 454 companies, 93% of which are micro and small, have accessed financing from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), enabling them to obtain resources to cover the costs of their commercial operations, repay debt, and pay salaries and obligations to suppliers. Part of these business loans will be guaranteed by CABEI through the ...
Tegucigalpa, February 8, 2021.- The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) approved an increase of up to US$350.00 million in its Financial Sector Support Facility for the Emergency Support and Preparedness for COVID-19 and Economic Reactivation Program. During 2020, CABEI disbursed US$293.0 million to 23 financial institutions in the region under the Financial Sector Support ...
Santo Domingo, March 9th, 2022.- With the commitment to support Dominican micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in their economic reactivation after the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) made its first disbursement to the country's private sector for US$255,504 under the Financial Sector Support Facility Program for the ...
Panama City, September 7, 2021.- To address the financial needs of Panamanian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), as well as to support them in recovering and protecting around 940 jobs, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), has disbursed US$61 million from August 2020 to date as part of its MSME Support Facility Program. "In the case of the MSME sector, CABEI ...
Tegucigalpa, June 28th, 2022.- Two years after the implementation of the Financial Sector Support Facility for financing MSMEs of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) , 9,256 jobs have been protected in Honduras, of which 2,261 are women. Among them, Rosa Argentina Brizzio Medina, owner of a grocery microenterprise in Colonia Nueva Suyapa in Tegucigalpa, who was one of the ...
Tegucigalpa, June 27th, 2022.- 99% of the nearly 1.6 million companies operating in the region are MSMEs; 83% micro and 16% small and medium enterprises. This important sector represents more than 65% of the economically active population and are the main employment generation source in the region, according to the Economic Impact Report on the COVID-19 pandemic effect on MSMEs in Central America ...
Tegucigalpa, January 20, 2022.- The measures taken in the different countries to prevent the spread of COVID-19 had adverse effects on their economies, reflected in lower sales, business closures, layoffs, and loss of income in various sectors, such as micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). In response to their needs and aware that this sector represents a strong driving force in the ...
Guatemala City, July 6, 2021.- The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) granted a new disbursement of US$5 million to Banco de Desarrollo Rural (BANRURAL) in order to continue supporting economic reactivation in the region and provide financial resources on favorable terms for micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs). These new resources are in addition to the US$17 ...
