TBC Bank SME Credit Line III

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The proposed new SME credit line is aimed to enable TBC Bank to increase its medium-term lending to small and medium sized enterprise sector. TBC is one of Georgia’s largest banks with an asset base of USD 215 Million. TBC is a universal bank providing a variety of banking products and services to its customers, including financing of SMEs and micro-enterprises. EBRD financing will consist of a USD 10 million six-year SME senior loan. USD 10 million. TBC Bank will be required to comply with EBRD’s environmental requirements for local banks which include the Bank’s Environmental Exclusion and Referral List. Sub-borrowers will be required to comply, at a minimum, with national standards for environment, health, safety and worker protection. TBC Bank will be required to provide EBRD with an annual environmental report containing  summary information on sub-projects with an indication of the assigned environmental risks category and information on the bank’s implementation of the environmental procedures. The first TC project with TBC started in 1996 and consisted in a two year technical assistance covering credit, asset and liability management and commercial activities. A follow-up TC assignment (also available to other banks) supported the continued implementation of these measures. Currently a new TC project is in place to support TBC Bank in the selection and implementation of a new MIS system and a core Banking software. Zezva Tsiskarishvili, Deputy General Director. 7 Marjanishvili Street, 0102 Tbilisi Georgia Tel: 995 32 777 000. Fax: 995 32 773 774. Website: http://www.tbcbank.com.ge