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23rd April 2024
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Fitch piles more junk on the banks

Following Fitch Ratings downgrade of Cyprus sovereign credit rating on Wednesday, it has pushed the islands top three banks further into junk territory and believes that the failure of the Bank of Cyprus and the Cyprus Popular Bank "is imminent".

Two notch downgrade from Fitch

Credit ratings agency Fitch has cut the island's credit rating by two notches with the possibility of a further downgrade citing a fiscal budget that has significantly underperformed expectations.

Fitch downgrades Island’s top three banks

Following Fitch Rating's downgrading of the Island's credit rating to junk on Monday, Fitch downgraded the Island's top three banks - the Bank of Cyprus, the Cyprus Popular Bank and the Hellenic Bank earlier today.

Fitch cuts Cyprus credit rating to junk

Credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded the Island's credit rating to "junk" status earlier today due to the amount of rescue money needed to bail out its banks, which are heavily exposed to the Greek economy.

Fitch places three top banks on rating watch negative

International ratings agency Fitch has placed the Island's top three commercial banks on rating watch negative meaning that they could be downgraded in the near future as they remain highly sensitive to events in Greece.

Fitch downgrades covered bonds of two Cyprus banks

The covered bonds of the Bank of Cyprus and the Marfin Popular Bank have been downgraded by Fitch Ratings following the downgrade of Cyprus' sovereign rating and the subsequent downgrades of Marfin and BoC's' Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings.

Fitch downgrades three Cypriot banks

Fitch Ratings has downgraded three Cypriot banks by one notch saying that finding private capital to cover their capital needs until June will be "difficult". Fitch downgraded the three banks to BB+ from BBB- with negative outlook.

Cyprus one of five Eurozone nations cut by Fitch

Following its warning a week ago, Fitch cut the sovereign credit ratings of Cyprus and five other Eurozone nations yesterday, indicating there was 50 percent chance of further cuts in the next two years.

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