As of February 1st, 2017, UniCredit Bulbank will not use the services of rating agency Standard & Poor's.

The reason is that, on a Group level, UniCredit has a global contract with rating agency Fitch, which covers also subsidiary banks from CEE region.

UniCredit Bulbank has a defined rating by Fitch, which is BBB/negative outlook.

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