Bridging the financing gap for WMSMEs in Thailand

Muangthai Capital Public is Thailand’s largest non-bank financial institution, providing financing to MSMEs across the country.

ILX participated in a syndicated loan from ADB to MTC, with proceeds fully earmarked for on-lending to women-owned MSMEs in rural Thailand, helping to address this sector’s critical financing gap estimated at USD 37 billion. The transaction provides long-term funding not readily available from commercial banks and supports a meaningful expansion of the bank’s lending to women entrepreneurs, strengthening access to finance for businesses that play a central role in employment generation in Thailand. This investment also marks ILX’s first transaction in Thailand