S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a weekly overview of ratings actions on Middle Eastern and African financial institutions. Ratings actions are listed by announcement date in reverse chronological order.
June 4
* Capital Intelligence Ratings affirmed Blom Bank SAL's financial strength rating at BBB-, with a stable outlook.
June 1
* S&P Global Ratings affirmed Bahrain's B+/B long- and short-term foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings, with a stable outlook.
* S&P affirmed Nigeria-based First City Monument Bank Ltd.'s B-/B long- and short-term issuer credit ratings, with a stable outlook. The agency also affirmed the FCMB Group PLC unit's long- and short-term Nigeria national scale ratings at "ngBB+"/"ngB."
* Fitch Ratings revised the outlook on Arab Tunisian Bank's long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings to negative from stable, while affirming the ratings at BB-. The agency also affirmed the Arab Bank Group unit's short-term issuer default ratings at B, viability rating at "b," national long- and short-term ratings at AA+(tun)/F1+(tun) and support rating at 3. The bank's AA+(tun) national senior unsecured debt was also affirmed.
May 31
* CI Ratings affirmed Commercial Bank of Kuwait KPSC's financial strength rating at A-.
* CI Ratings affirmed National Bank of Kuwait SAKP's AA-/A1+ long- and short-term foreign-currency ratings.
May 30
* Fitch affirmed the Development Bank of Namibia's long- and short-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings at BB+/B and national long- and short-term ratings at AA+(zaf)/F1+(zaf). The outlook on the long-term ratings is stable. Also affirmed were the bank's support rating of 3 and support rating floor of BB+.
* CI Ratings affirmed Alawwal Bank's financial strength rating at A-.
May 29
* S&P affirmed Saudi British Bank's long-and short-term issuer credit ratings at BBB+/A-2, with a stable outlook.
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