DFC · HDFC-MASTERCARD W-GDP LOAN PORTFOLIO GUARANTY — $50.0M (IND)
Key claim: DFC authorized a $50.0M loan portfolio guaranty to HDFC-Mastercard W-GDP to enable loans to SMEs, including those focused on women’s economic empowerment, in India.
Abstract
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation authorized a loan/guarantee of $50.0M to HDFC-MASTERCARD W-GDP LOAN PORTFOLIO GUARANTY, for work in IND. USAID/INDIA SUPPORTS A $100M LPG TO ENABLE LOANS TO SMES, INCL. THOSE FOCUSED ON WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MASTERCARD & WGDP.
Why this matters
This $50M guaranty is a mid-sized DFC deal that ties the agency’s India SME-finance work to the W-GDP women’s-empowerment thematic line and to a major private-sector partnership (HDFC + Mastercard). Tracking it establishes a reference point for how DFC channels risk-sharing instruments through commercial banks rather than direct loans.