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Annapurna Finance raises $109.5 million through multilateral ECB transaction

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Gobinda Chandra Pattanaik

Gobinda Chandra Pattanaik

Annapurna Finance Private Limited (AFPL), a Micro & SME Finance institution in India, has raised $109.5 million through a multilateral syndicated social loan facility under the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) framework.

The transaction was exclusively arranged by Standard Chartered Bank (SCB).

Structured under a social financing framework

The facility involved 10 financial institutions from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The firm said that it was structured under a Social Financing framework which was reviewed and validated by S&P Global, supporting Annapurna’s focus on financial inclusion. There is a green-shoe option to raise an additional $40 million apart from the above-mentioned amount.

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Annapurna will use the raised capital for on-lending to microfinance borrowers with a focus on rural women and underserved populations.

The initiative aims to expand access to financial services, enhance economic participation, and contribute to development in underbanked regions of India.

“This transaction marks an important milestone for Annapurna Finance. The participation of financial institutions from multiple regions reflects confidence in our financial inclusion efforts. These funds will support our mission to extend credit to rural and underserved communities, and for Annapurna long term foreign borrowings strengthen the ALM position and bring diversity in funding sources.” said Gobinda Chandra Pattanaik, Managing Director of Annapurna Finance.

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