ProCredit group continues to grow in a successful fiscal 2017

Frankfurt am Main, March 27 2018 ProCredit group continues to grow in a successful fiscal 2017

• The “Hausbank” principle for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continues to bear fruit
• Overall customer loan portfolio growth rate of 8% in 2017 significantly above previous year’s level (2016: 2.4%)
• Customer loan portfolio in the core segment – loans over EUR 30,000 – grows by 18% in 2017 (2016: 13%)
• Consolidated profit from continuing business operations, at EUR 46.6 million in 2017, nearly as high as previous year’s figure (2016: EUR 47 million)
• At 7.1%, return on average equity (RoAE) in 2017 within the predicted range (2016: 9.6%)
• In 2018, gross loan portfolio expected to grow by 12–15% and RoAE to 7.5–8.5% (more…)

Frankfurt am Main, February 2 2018 ProCredit Holding: Successful placement of cash capital increase

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• Gross proceeds of the share issue of around EUR 61 million
• 5,354,408 new shares issued
• Placement price of EUR 11.40 (more…)

Frankfurt am Main, January 17 2018 MSCI ESG Research’s most recent report upgrades ProCredit’s rating from “A” to “AA”, raising it to the “industry leaders” category and recognising its robust policies to mitigate environmental and social risks in lending

According to MSCI’s ESG report published on 21 December 2017, ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA has been upgraded from “A” to “AA”. ProCredit thereby ranks among the industry leaders in the top 15% of companies rated by MSCI in the banking industry worldwide, surpassing the overall ESG rating of its 10 largest industry peers. (more…)

Frankfurt am Main, January 12 2018 ProCredit Holding confirms continued strong loan portfolio growth for the group in 2017 and is considering a capital increase to fund further growth prospects

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The ProCredit group’s customer loan portfolio has experienced continued strong growth in the second half of the 2017 financial year. As communicated on 14 August 2017 and in light of the continued strong development of its loan portfolio, ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA (ProCredit Holding), the parent company of the ProCredit group, is considering an equity increase of up to 10% within the scope of the existing Authorised Capital. (more…)

Frankfurt am Main, November 29 2017 oekom research confirms the ProCredit group’s PRIME status in the area of Sustainable Finance

Corporate Rating update brings ProCredit Holding into circle of Industry Leaders in sustainable finance in the oekom Universe
Products and services particularly eligible from ecological and social viewpoint
Special sustainability standards in lending business (more…)

Kiev, November 20 2017 EBRD develops local currency lending to SMEs in Ukraine – First synthetic local currency facility to mitigate the currency risks

The EBRD is providing fresh funds to develop local currency lending and SME support mechanisms in Ukraine. The use of local currency gives greater comfort to potential borrowers, who will not be exposed to foreign exchange risks. (more…)

Frankfurt am Main, November 14 2017 ProCredit banks achieve significant growth in the first nine months of 2017

Growth of 12.9% (9M 2016: 7.7%) of the customer loan portfolio in the core segment of loans over EUR 30,000 in the first nine months of 2017
Total customer loan portfolio grows by 5.6% (9M 2016: 0.6%) in the first nine months of 2017
9M 2017: result from continuing business operations of EUR 36.5 million on par with the previous year’s result (9M 2016: EUR 36.6 million)
Q3 2017 vs Q2 2017: result from continuing business operations increased by EUR 4.4 million to EUR 15.7 million
Efficiency gains thanks to digital offers and restructuring of branch network
Sale of Banco ProCredit El Salvador successfully concluded in November 2017 (more…)

Tallinn/Kyiv/Luxembourg, October 26 2017 First EIB local currency loan for SMEs in Ukraine made possible with EU support

The European Investment Bank has provided its first ever local currency loan in Ukraine to improve access of small and medium-sized businesses to affordable financing. (more…)

Tallinn/Kyiv/Luxembourg, October 26 2017 The EIB Group signs the first guarantee agreements in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine under the EU4Business initiative

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) – jointly the EIB Group – signed today the first guarantee agreements with ProCredit Holding and its subsidiaries in order to support EUR 100 million of lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine under the EU4Business initiative. (more…)

Bucharest, October 19 2017 SMEs in Romania benefit as the EIB and ProCredit Bank Romania sign first credit line agreement in local currency worth EUR 20 million

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and ProCredit Bank SA, in Bucharest, Romania today signed a credit line agreement amounting to approximately RON 90 million (EUR 20 million), which will be used to support small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania. The EIB was represented by Andrew McDowell, Vice President and ProCredit Bank by Mariyana Dimitrova Petkova, Member of the Management Board. (more…)