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Bladex, Inc. and Medallion Financial Corp

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Bladex, Inc.

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A., a multinational bank, engages in financing of foreign trade and economic integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. It operates through two segments, Commercial and Treasury. The company accepts deposits. It also offers products and services, such as origination of bilateral short- and medium-term loans, structured and syndicated credits, and loan commitments; financial guarantee contracts, including issued and confirmed letters of credit, stand-by letters of credit, guarantees covering commercial risk, and other assets of customers' liabilities under acceptances; and co-financing arrangements, underwriting of syndicated credit facilities, structured trade financing in the form of factoring and vendor financing, and financial leasing. In addition, the company is involved in investment management activities, including securities at fair value through other comprehensive income and amortized cost. It serves financial institutions, corporations, sovereigns, and state-owned entities. The company was formerly known as Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. and changed its name to Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. in June 2009. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Panama City, the Republic of Panama.

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Medallion Financial Corp

Medallion Financial Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Recreation Lending, Home Improvement Lending, Commercial Loans, Taxi Medallion Lending, and Strategic Partnership Loans. The company offers loans that finance consumer purchases of recreational vehicles, boats, collector cars, and other consumer recreational equipment; consumer financing for window, siding, and roof replacement, swimming pool installations, and other home improvement projects; senior and subordinated loans for the purchase of equipment and related assets necessary to open a new business, or purchase or improvement of an existing business; and taxi medallion loans to individuals and small to mid-size businesses. It also provides debt, mezzanine, and equity investment capital to companies in various commercial industries; and raises deposits and conducts other banking activities. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in New York City, New York.

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