SÃO PAULO, April 19, 2021
/PRNewswire/ -- We inform the capital market players that in
March 2021, Itaú Unibanco raised
US$400 million with the United States
International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in the
international market (1).
The bank's intends to expand its credit lines to SMEs, with
particular focus on economically vulnerable regions such as
Brazil's north and northeast and
companies majority controlled or led by women.
This initiative underlines one of our Positive Impact
Commitments, that is, Inclusion and Entrepreneurship, aimed to
improve the financial management of very small and small companies
by offering suitable products and services. Among the goals driving
this commitment is to increase the credit volume granted to women
entrepreneurs.
RENATO LULIA
JACOB
Group Head of Investor Relations and Market
Intelligence
(1) DFC's partnering with Itaú Unibanco
illustrates its focus on regions in the world where women face
their greatest challenges, and where this investment may have the
most positive impact, especially taking into account the currently
aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. This investment advances DFC
initiatives, which has catalyzed over US$7
billion of private sector investments in economic inclusion
projects aimed to women entrepreneurs in developing countries.
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Itaú Unibanco – Corporate
Communications
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