İş Bankası Secures $1.1 Billion Sustainable Syndicated Loan
Türkiye İş Bankası (ISCTR) has received a sustainable syndication loan worth a total of $1.1 billion. The agreement consists of €494.9 million and $584.5 million, with a maturity of 371 days. In this loan agreement, Bank of America, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC, Emirates NBD Capital Limited, and Standard Chartered Bank served as coordinators. Additionally, Standard Chartered Bank acted as the coordinator for sustainability, while Emirates NBD Bank (P.J.S.C) took the role of agent bank.
The loan will be used to finance projects that provide environmental and social benefits in accordance with İş Bankası's Sustainable Financing Framework. The structure of the loan includes 48 banks from 23 countries across America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, with 10 of them being new participants not involved in the previous process. For the banks participating in this organization with the highest amount, a total cost of Euribor+1.50% for the euro tranche and SOFR+1.75% for the US dollar tranche was planned.
Hakan Aran, General Manager of İş Bankası, emphasized the bank's efforts to secure sustainable resources in line with its strategic objectives in a statement regarding the syndication loan. He stated that with this loan of $1.1 billion, the bank has renewed its capacity by 124% compared to the same period last year. Aran highlighted that the total external resource volume secured from abroad by the bank exceeded $5 billion in 2024, describing this as an indication of the trust in both the country and İş Bankası.
This new funding is a continuation of the bank's contribution to economic development. İş Bankası is determined to maintain its support for the economy through similar resources in its second century. Hakan Aran noted that this loan marks an important move toward achieving İş Bankası's goals.
Current status of ISCTR: After a nearly 8% increase in value last week, ISCTR has moved relatively calmly this week, trading in the range of 12.57-13.11 TL. Following a value increase of up to 90% in the first half of the year, ISCTR began to pull back from the 17 TL region and gave back a significant portion of its gains. As of today, the stock continues to show a value increase of 37% since the beginning of the year.