DFC · FPM — $5.0M (COD)
Key claim: The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is providing a $5.0M loan portfolio guaranty to FPM S.A. to support its lending to microfinance institutions and savings/credit cooperatives across the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Abstract
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation authorized a loan/guarantee of $5.0M to FPM, for work in COD. A LOAN PORTFOLIO GUARANTY TO FPM S.A. TO SUPPORT ITS LENDING TO MFIS AND SACCOS/CREDIT COOPS ACROSS DRC.
Why this matters
This deal extends DFC’s guarantee toolkit into a fragile-state financial-inclusion channel, using a wholesale intermediary (FPM S.A.) rather than direct lending to reach MFIs and cooperatives in the DRC. Tracking such portfolio guaranties clarifies how DFC allocates risk-sharing capacity in high-risk markets and complements direct loan and equity instruments elsewhere in the area.