The agency downgraded PNB’s foreign currency issuer rating by a notch to ‘ba1’, which is a non-investment grade, from ‘Baa3’- meaning below investment grade.
PTI
Updated:May 21, 2018, 1:32 PM IST
A Moody’s sign is displayed on the company’s corporate headquarters in New York. (Reuters) (File Photo)
However, the outlook to the rating has been retained as stable which reflects Moody’s expectation that the negative impact of the fraudulent transactions is largely known.
The agency downgraded PNB’s foreign currency issuer rating by a notch to ‘ba1’, which is non-investment grade, from ‘Baa3’- meaning below investment grade.
“Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the local and foreign currency deposit rating of Punjab National Bank (PNB) to Ba1/NP from Baa3/P-3. At the same time, Moody’s has downgraded the bank’s baseline credit assessment (BCA) and Adjusted BCA to ‘b1’ from ‘ba3’,” Moody’s said in a statement.
“The ratings reflects the negative impact of the discovery of a number of fraudulent transactions on the bank’s standalone profile, particularly its capital position. The rating downgrade also reflects the weak internal controls and processes of the bank, given that the fraudulent transactions were undetected for a number of years,” the statement said.
In February 2018, PNB disclosed it had discovered some fraudulent and unauthorised transactions amounting to Rs 11,390 crore (USD 1.7 billion). Based on the bank’s subsequent announcements, PNB’s total exposure to these transactions amounts to Rs 14,400 crore (USD 2.2 billion).
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Source: News18