OREANDA-NEWS. Subsidiary Bank Punjab National Bank - Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty) whose shares are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has by an official letter informed KASE that "on January 8, 2015 the international rating agency Standard&Poor's (S&P) assigned to the Bank long-term and short-term credit ratings at В+/В. Outlook of rating change – "stable". Rating on national scale at level kzВВВ- was also assigned to the Bank.