Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones (BLADEX)
Last updated on 02 Mar 2024
Key facts
BLADEX was founded to support trade and regional integration, as well as provide solutions to financial institutions, companies, and investors doing business in Latin America.
Ave. La Rotonda
Urb. Costa del Este
P.O. Box 0819-08730
Panama City
Panama
+507 210-8500
www.bladex.com
Urb. Costa del Este
P.O. Box 0819-08730
Panama City
Panama
+507 210-8500
www.bladex.com
MIXED
1979
Credit rating (Moody's)
Baa2
Foreign currency
Exposure
FY 2021 exposure top sectors
Financial institutions
48%
Oil and gas (upstream)
11%
Food and beverage
6%
Metal manufacturing
6%
Power
6%
FY 2021 exposure
Products
- Short- and medium-term bilateral loans
- Structured loan: Syndicated and clubbed:
- Acquisition financing
- Pre-export financing
- A/B loan financing with multilateral agencies
- Bridge loans
- Liability management
- Project finance:
- Solutions include long term and mini-perm financing, multi-currency loans, project-related SBLC´s, bridge loans and LBO facilities
- Letters of credit:
- Import and export letters of credit; at-sight and term
- Stand-by letters of credit
- Bank guarantees:
- First demand
- Local guraantees
- Documentary collections: Import and export; at-sight and term
- Irrevocable reimbursement undertakings (IRUs)
- Canal tolls
- Investment products:
- Time deposits
- DDA accounts
- Yankee CDs
- EMTN (private placement)
- Supply chain finance:
- Different alternatives to ensure the continuity of supply of a company while supporting the working capital needs of their suppliers
- Also factoring, securitization of account receivable portfolio, and monetization of account receivable portfolio
Policies
- BLADEX has strategic partnerships with Komgo, TradeAssets, and eFactor Network
- BLADEX has set out 9 key Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priority topics that represent the areas of focus of our sustainability and ESG-related activities
