KfW IPEX-Bank plans to strategically expand its involvement in South America. The current focus is on Brazil and Chile, followed by Peru and Colombia. As Marc Schieting, Director and Head of KfW IPEX-Bank's representative office in São Paulo, emphasized in an interview with BNamericas, the bank is pursuing a long-term perspective in the region. In addition to traditional business areas such as mining and the paper industry, renewable energies, energy transport and storage, water and wastewater infrastructure and desalination projects are increasingly coming into focus. The bank also sees considerable potential in South America in the megatrends of digitalisation and green hydrogen.