Commercial Bank tops Fitch’s local ratings for Sri Lankan private banks
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1 min readFrom 1 outlets- Daily Mirror reports the rating moved up one level.
- Daily Mirror gives the new rating as AA(lka), compared with AA-(lka) previously.
- Daily Mirror says the bank now has the highest Fitch rating among Sri Lankan private banks.
Daily Mirror reports that Fitch Ratings raised the national long-term assessment for Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC by one level, from AA-(lka) to AA(lka). The revised rating took effect on October 30.
Daily Mirror attributes the change to Fitch’s adjustment of its Sri Lankan rating scale after Sri Lanka’s sovereign rating was upgraded in September. The outlet says Commercial Bank’s resulting rating is the highest among private banks in the country.
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