Moody's upgrades National Bank, Piraeus Bank deposit ratings
The BCA upgrade reflects the bank's improving solvency and the strongest funding and deposit franchise among local peers, the ratings agency said.
The BCA upgrade reflects the bank's improving solvency and the strongest funding and deposit franchise among local peers, the ratings agency said.
S&P upgraded the long-term credit rating of National to BB+ from BB, keeping the short-term credit rating at B and the outlook positive. The upgrade reflects the bank’s improved financial and financial outlook, which has reduced its nonperforming exposure (NPE) ratio to 3.7%, with provision coverage reaching a high of 85%. S&P estimates that the NPE ratio will further decline to below 3% by end-2025, so the cost of risk is forecast to decline to close to 50 basis points by the end of 2026 from 95 bp at the end of 2023.
New Democracy is polling around 33 percent, a figure that echoes its 2019 European election results. Syriza, according to the polls, trails behind at 16.2 percent, followed by the socialist PASOK party at 13.2 percent.
The same international ratings agency in October 2023 raised the country’s creditworthiness to BBB- with a stable outlook
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