Article: Fitch Maintains Rtgs for Dominican Republic's Banco Leon, Formerly Bancredito.

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CARACAS & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 2003

The Dominican Republic's Banco Nacional de Credito (Bancredito) has recently been renamed Banco Leon. The bank's ratings remained unchanged at 'B-' for the long-term foreign currency (Rating Watch Negative), 'B' for the short-term foreign currency rating, 'E' for the individual, '5' for the support, 'BBB+(dom)' for the national long-term and 'F2(dom)' for the national short-term ratings.

Banco Leon's shareholder, the Leon Asencio family, has stated its intention of merging the bank with its other banking operation, namely Banco Profesional (around 1% market share at end-March ...

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