VOL. XLIII

No. 09

28-February-2000

TUNISIA

...And Support Ratings To Six Tunisian Banks

Fitch IBCA announced on 16 February that it had assigned support ratings of '2' to Banque Nationale Agricole (BNA), Societe Tunisienne de Banque (STB), Banque de lHabitat (BH) and Banque Tuniso-Kowetienne de Developpement (BTKD). At the same time it assigned support ratings of '4' to Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT) and Amen Bank (AB).

The ratings reflect the agencys conviction that the Tunisian...