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BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA: Moody's Withdraws Assigned Ratings
Moody's Investors Service has withdrawn all of its ratings for Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires for business reasons.
Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires is a universal bank, and it held ARS25.7 billion in assets and ARS19.6 billion in deposits as of September 2007.
These ratings were withdrawn:
-- Bank financial strength rating: E+ , Stable Outlook
-- Long term local currency deposit rating: Ba2, Stable Outlook
-- Short term local currency deposit rating: Not Prime
-- National Scale Rating for local currency deposits: Aa2.ar
-- Long term foreign currency deposit rating: Caa1, Positive Outlook
-- Short term foreign currency deposit rating: Not Prime
-- National Scale Rating for foreign currency deposits: Ba1.ar
Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires is Argentina's oldest bank. It is the fifth largest in terms of assets and third in terms of deposits; by 2002 they were valued at US$3.51 billion and US$1.57 billion, respectively. That same year loans were US$1.79 billion and equity US$311 million. Banco de la Provincia's focus is mainly on the province's small- and mid- sized enterprises and the retail segment. The bank has some 350 branches throughout Buenos Aires, which represents approximately 40% of Argentina's gross domestic product.
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