Banco Popular

Equity : August 2025

BIO has invested an additional USD 1.5 M in equity in Banco Popular, a Honduran microfinance institution.

Amount

$ 1,500,000.00

Type of investment

Equity

Development impacts

Local economic growth
Financial inclusion

Beneficiary locations

Latin America and Caribbean: Honduras

Investment field

Financial Institutions

Activity

KK.64.191 Microfinance institution

Organisation

Banco Popular

Website

https://bancopopular.hn/

Domicile

Honduras

More investments in

Banco Popular

Subsidy € 116,865.00 (2025)
Equity € 1,559,546.70 (2022)
Subsidy € 10,223.00 (2022-2023)
Subsidy € 12,508.00 (2021-2022)
Debt € 4,494,000.00 (2019-2023)
Equity € 121,408.00 (2017)
Equity € 200,374.59 (2015)
Equity € 1,364,000.00 (2010)
Equity € 1,357,000.00 (2007)

Banco Popular is a regulated bank specialised in microfinance in Honduras. It offers loans, deposits, money transfers and other financial services to privately-owned micro and small enterprises and their owners, as well as the general lower income strata of the Honduran population.

BIO has been a shareholder of Banco Popular since 2008 and makes its sixth follow-up investment to support the institution's balance sheet.

Development impacts

Local economic growth
- 91% of portfolio are loans provided to microenterprises and SMEs.
Financial inclusion
- Popular is the main bank in Honduras specialised in microfinance. The average micro loan is USD 860 and the average SME loan USD 17,000.
- Popular has an extended network of branches throughout the country.