NEW YORK & SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following its peer review of the largest Guatemalan banks, Fitch Ratings took rating actions on the following entities:
--Banco Industrial, S.A.;
--Banco G&T Continental, S.A.;
--Banco de Desarrollo Rural, S.A.;
--Banco Agromercantil de Guatemala, S.A.;
--Banco de los Trabajadores;
--Mercom Bank Limited;
--Financiera Rural, S.A.;
--G&T Conticredit, S.A.;
--Financiera G&T Continental, S.A.;
--GTC Bank, Inc.;
--Financiera G&T Continental Costa Rica, S.A.
--Contecnica, S.A.;
--Financiera Industrial, S.A.;
--Westrust Bank (International) Limited;
--Financiera de los Trabajadores, S.A.
Fitch has published Rating Action Commentaries (RACs) for each of these banks, which are available on www.fitchratings.com and www.fitchcentroamerica.com. These RACs include each issuer's key rating drivers and sensitivities, as well as the list of all rating actions taken.
Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com' and 'www.fitchcentroamerica.com'.
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
--'Global Bank Rating Criteria' (March 2015).
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