OREANDA-NEWS. August 17, 2015. Kazkommertsbank JSC (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release:

... international rating agency Fitch downgraded long-term issuer default ratings (IDR) of KKB in the foreign and national currency from "B" to "B-" and its stability rating from "b" to "b-".

Outlook on long-term ratings – "Negative".

Also, Fitch downgraded long-term IDR of BTA Bank from "B-" to "CCC" and withdrew its ratings