Strong evidence of the government's commitment to support the bank if financial stress persists; and Favorable economic growth prospects. Asset quality deterioration due to weakening quality of loans to the infrastructure sector; and High credit exposure, stemming from a focus on lending to the infrastructure sector, may continue pressuring capitalization levels throughout 2018. In November 2017, the government-owned fund, El Fondo Nacional de Financiamiento de la Actividad Empresarial del Estado (FONAFE), injected $18 million into Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A. (COFIDE) as part of commitment to recapitalize dividends COFIDE paid during the year. In January 2018, the government injected $102 million in capital into the bank to cover the sovereign-guaranteed debt that was previously transferred to COFIDE. In May 2018,
