Fitch placed the ratings of Bank “Peresvet” in the list on review for possible downgrade – economic information Agency PRIME

MOSCOW, October 19 /PRIME/. International rating Agency Fitch Ratings placed long-term Issuer default rating (IDR) of the Bank “Peresvet” in foreign and national currency at “b+” in the list on review for possible downgrade, said the Agency.

the Agency also placed in the list on review for possible downgrade the Bank’s short-term IDR in foreign currency at level “b” and national scale rating at “A-(rus)’”.

“the List for review with possible further downgrade primarily reflects the increased pressure on funding and liquidity of the Bank. In addition, this reflects the uncertainty associated with the recent change of the head of the Bank”, – stated in the message.

Earlier in mass media appeared information about the disappearance of the Chairman of the Bank “Peresvet” Alexander Shvets. The press service of the Bank reported that this information is not true. As noted by the Bank of Sweden is in Moscow, but is undergoing treatment in a medical facility, therefore temporarily unable to perform the functions of Chairman of the Board. At the time of his illness, acting Chairman of the Board appointed Vice-President Pavel Panasenko.

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“Peresvet” has restricted the issuance of deposits with amount of 100 thousand rubles a day. While the Bank assured that it will not experience liquidity problems and promised to fulfill all obligations to depositors. Profile control of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), which is the main shareholder of the Bank, stated that it is closely monitoring the situation around the Bank and hopes that his situation will improve.

According to RIA Rating, the financial institution held on July 1, 2016 43rd place in the banking system of the Russian Federation. Its assets total 205,2 billion. Individuals kept in the Bank of 22.4 billion rubles, legal entities – 85,8 billion.