A.M. Best to Discuss Bank Ratings at Ohio Conference.OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. will be exhibiting at the Ohio Bankers League Annual Convention, set for September 5-9 at the Williamsburg Lodge & Conference Center in Williamsburg, VA. Visitors to booth #27 can learn about A.M. Best's interactive credit ratings now being offered to small and mid-sized U.S. community banks. A.M. Best is currently issuing Bank Issuing bank Bank that issues a letter of credit. Deposit, Issuer Credit and Debt Security Ratings Security ratings Commercial rating agencies' assessment of the credit and investment risk of securities. to banks and bank holding companies with total assets between $100 million and $50 billion. Ratings are supported by rigorous analytics of a bank's financial performance and focus on its operations through various stages of the industry cycle. A.M. Best interactive ratings also consider a bank's strategic choices, operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. and competitive position beyond just its financial results. The potential benefits afforded by a credit rating from A.M. Best extend to the deposit, credit and capital markets. Presently, visitors to Best's Banking Center, www.ambest.com/banks, can search for banks based on select financial criteria and view Best's Bank Statement Reports, which contain key balance sheet data, and Best's Bank Ratio Reports, featuring operating statistics and financial ratios. To learn how a Best's Rating Best's rating A rating A.M. Best Co. assigns to insurance companies based on the company's ability to meet its obligations to its policyholders. can spotlight Spotlight can refer to at least three types of lighting:
Visit Best's Banking Center at www.ambest.com/banks for news, special reports and methodologies on how A.M. Best rates the U.S. banking industry. Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is a full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industries, including the banking and insurance sectors. For more information, visit www.ambest.com. |
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