Bancóldex

Bancóldex
Banco de Comercio Exterior
Agency overview
Formed 16 January 1991
Preceding Agency PROEXPO
Headquarters Calle 28 № 13A-15 37th-42nd floor
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Agency executive Luis Fernando Castro Vergara, President
Parent agency Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
Key document Law 7 of 1991
Website www.bancoldex.com

The Bank of Foreign Trade (Spanish: Banco de Comercio Exterior), Bancóldex, is a state owned commercial bank that operates as Colombia's entrepreneurial development and export-import bank, providing long- and short-term financing and specialised financial products to support Colombian exports and other foreign trade-related activities with the goal to modernise companies in the fields of commerce, industry and tourism, and giving priority to small and medium enterprises. Bancóldex is incorporated as a mixed-capital corporation that operates under the same legal regime as private sector financial institutions.