VOL. XL

No. 46

17-November-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Moody's Rates United Saudi Bank

Moody's also said on 10 November that it had withdrawn its ratings of United SaudiCommercial Bank (USCB) and Saudi Cairo Bank which merged in September and given the newUnited Saudi Bank (USB) a bank financial strength rating (BFSR) of D. The BFSR assessesthe bank on a stand-alone basis and takes no account of the likelihood of centralgovernment support. USB's long and short-term deposits are put a Baa3/Prime-3, the...