{"id":263728,"date":"2026-01-29T13:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/263728\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:28:15","slug":"fitch-upgrades-outlooks-for-9-turkish-banks-to-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/263728\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitch upgrades outlooks for 9 Turkish banks to &#8216;positive&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fitch Ratings on Wednesday revised the outlooks of nine Turkish banks to \u201cpositive\u201d from \u201cstable,\u201d reflecting improving confidence in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch said in a statement that the credit rating outlook for nine Turkish banks has been changed from &#8220;stable&#8221; to &#8220;positive,&#8221; and their Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) and Long-Term Local-Currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) have been confirmed at &#8220;BB-.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Outlook change mirrors a recent similar action on Turkiye&#8217;s &#8216;BB-&#8216; LT IDR. The revision of the sovereign&#8217;s Outlook reflects further reduction in external vulnerabilities following a faster-than expected rise in foreign exchange (FX) reserves since our upgrade in September 2024, the improved quality of reserves and a fall in FX contingent liabilities,&#8221; Fitch said.<\/p>\n<p>Fitch upgraded the outlooks of the following banks: Ziraat Bank, T\u00fcrkiye Emlak Participation Bank, Halkbank, Turk Eximbank, Development and Investment Bank of T\u00fcrkiye, the Industrial Development Bank of T\u00fcrkiye (TSKB), Vak\u0131fBank, Vak\u0131f Participation Bank, and Ziraat Participation Bank.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JN9LXf.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The Daily Sabah Newsletter\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    Keep up to date with what\u2019s happening in Turkey,<br \/>\n                    it\u2019s region and the world.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    SIGN ME UP\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                    You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<br \/>\n                    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fitch Ratings on Wednesday revised the outlooks of nine Turkish banks to \u201cpositive\u201d from \u201cstable,\u201d reflecting improving confidence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[113079,114,184,14127,85,46,138328],"class_list":{"0":"post-263728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-banking-sector","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-fitch-ratings","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-turkish-banks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}