Ban que Saudi Fransi ’s Rating s Affirmed

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Ban que Saudi Fransi ’s Rating s Affirmed

Capital Intelligence Ratings (CI Ratings or CI) today announced that it has affirmed the Long-Term Foreign Currency Rating ( LT FCR ) and Short-Term Foreign Currency Rating ( ST FCR ) of Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) at ‘A+’ and ‘A1’, respectively. At the same time, CI Ratings has affirmed BSF’s Bank Standalone Rating ( BSR ) of ‘bbb+’, Core Financial Strength ( CFS ) rating of ‘bbb+’ and Extraordinary Support Level ( ESL ) of High. The Outlook for the LT FCR and BSR remains Stable.

The Bank’s LT FCR is set three notches above the BSR to reflect the high likelihood of timely and appropriate extraordinary support from the government (Saudi Arabia Sovereign Rat ing: ‘A+’/‘A1’/Positive) in the event of need. The Saudi banks are conside red systemically important institutions that play an…