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Bank of Sharjah – Ratings Affirmed with a Stable Outlook
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 Bank of Sharjah (BOS) at ‘BBB+’ and ‘A2’ , respectively . At the same time CI Ratings has affirmed BOS’ Bank Standalone Rating (BSR) of ‘bb+’ , Core Financial Strength (CFS) rating of ‘bb-’ and Extraordinary Support Level (E SL ) of High . T he Outlo ok for the LT FCR and BSR remains Stable .
BOS’ LT FCR is set three notches above its BSR. This is mainly underpinned by the high likelihood of the Bank receiving extraordinary support from the UAE government in case of need. The UAE government (sovereign ratings: ‘AA-’/ ‘A1+’/ Stable) has demonstrated…