Impaired credit

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Impaired credit

Result of a borrower's reduced credit rating.

Impaired Credit

A credit rating or FICO score that has recently been reduced. A company or individual may have impaired credit if its financial situation changes in such a way that there is a greater likelihood of defaulting on a bond or business or personal loan. Impaired credit makes it more difficult for a company or person to borrow more funds.

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Although impaired credits grew further in Q1-Q3 2017 following an increase in the previous year, the NPL to gross loans ratio remained at a satisfactory level - albeit higher than the peer group average - while LLRs continued to provide more than full cover.

Burgan Bank's KWD100 million subordinated bond rating affirmed

The bank's diverse and strong loan book with no write-offs and impaired credits making 1.

-S&P sets AAA rating to USD200m debt of Caribbean Development Bank

This is in view of the challenges associated with restoring net profitability to a solid footing following sustained net losses and the increase in impaired credits last year.

Stable outlook

Moody's understands that the impaired credits include some of the bank's largest customers and relate to both domestic and regional high-profile corporate defaults," he said, adding that a decline in asset quality would continue in 2010.

Moody's downgrades Kuwait's Gulf Bank rating

So far, the noted increase in NPLs seen in FY17 mainly related to the translation of foreign currency (mostly $) denominated impaired credits, and to a lesser extent newly classified accounts.

CI: Export Development Bank of Egypt's ratings affirmed

The agency also cut to BBB+ the lender's financial strength rating (FSR), in view of the challenges associated with restoring net profitability to a solid footing following sustained net losses and the increase in impaired credits in 2009.

Capital Intelligence cuts Gulf International Bank long-term rating to A

JAB had achieved relative success in resolving impaired credits in the past through effective remedial measures.

CI: Jordan Ahli Bank ratings affirmed

Although asset quality remains weak as evidenced by a higher than sector average NPL ratio, impaired credits started to decline in the final quarter of FY 2012, due to write-offs.