Nurbank says S&P Global Ratings affirmed the bank's ratings; outlook "Stable"

22.08.23 11:04
/KASE, August 22, 2023/ – Nurbank JSC (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release: quote The "Stable" outlook on the ratings of Nurbank JSC confirms the successful performance of the financial institution aimed at improving the quality of assets, reducing bad loans in its portfolio, capital adequacy in terms of volume and maintaining the required level of liquidity. The agency's specialists expect the bank to maintain a stable funding profile as well. The well-known international agency expects Nurbank's capability of generating profits to improve by reducing the share of bad loans and improving net margins on the back of higher interest rates this year. Nurbank's funding and liquidity ratios are in line with the average for the banking system and those of comparable smaller Kazakh financial institutions. The Bank has formed a sufficient liquidity reserve, at which a wide indicator of liquid assets amounted to more than 30% of total assets as of July 1, 2023, which is certainly a positive factor in the current macroeconomic situation. The report states that S&P Global Ratings "does not expect a significant outflow of deposits over the forecast horizon.". unquote The full version of the press release is available on – https://kase.kz/files/emitters/NRBN/nrbn_rating_170823_None.pdf [2023-08-22]