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Tier 2

Erste Group Bank AG

Rating History

Rating Watch Outlook Decision Date Action Validity Date Maximum Validity
BBB+ 30.08.2023 13.09.2023
BBB 28.09.2022 06.10.2022
BBB 27.08.2021 06.09.2021
BBB- Watch UNW 05.07.2021 06.07.2021
BBB- 16.10.2020 02.11.2020
BBB Watch NEW 24.03.2020 28.03.2020
BBB 29.11.2019 10.12.2019
BBB- Watch UNW 18.06.2019 21.06.2019
BBB- 24.08.2018 26.09.2018
BBB- 09.03.2018 22.03.2018

News

  • 13.09.2023
    Creditreform Rating (CRA) upgrades Erste Group Bank AG (Group) Long-Term Issuer Rating to A+. The rating outlook is stable.
    CRA upgrades Erste Group Bank AG Preferred Senior Unsecured Debt to A+, Non-Preferred Senior Unsecured Debt to A, Tier 2 Capital to BBB+ and AT1 Capital to BBB.
  • 06.10.2022
    Creditreform Rating has affirmed the Erste Group Bank AG Long-Term Issuer Rating at 'A'. The outlook is set to 'positive'. The rating of 'Tier 2' capital is affirmed at 'BBB'. The rating of 'Non-Preferred Senior Unsecured' is affirmed at 'A-'. The rating of 'Preferred-Senior Unsecured' debt is affirmed at 'A'. In addition, Creditreform has affirmed the rating of the debt class Additional Tier 1 at 'BBB-'. For further information, please refer to our Rating Update on our website.
  • 06.09.2021
    Creditreform Rating has upgraded the long-term issuer rating of Erste Group Bank AG from A- to A. The outlook is stable. In addition, Creditreform Rating raised the rating of preferred senior unsecured debt from A- to A, the rating of non-preferred senior unsecured debt from BBB+ to A-, the rating of Tier 2 capital from BBB- to BBB and the rating of additional Tier 1 capital from BB+ to BBB-.
  • 06.07.2021
    Creditreform Rating AG has revised its rating methodology for the rating of banks (Bank Ratings). Henceforth, only the revised version of the rating methodology ("Version 3.0") will be applied with the end of the consultation process. In addition, Creditreform Rating AG introduced the new sub-methodology „Institutional Protection Scheme Banks“. Hence, all current ratings of bank capital and unsecured bank instruments will be reviewed as part of our current monitoring and receive therefore the rating supplement "watch". Our revised rating methodologies can be found at www.creditreform-rating.de.
  • 02.11.2020
    Creditreform Rating has lowered the long-term issuer rating of Erste Group Bank AG from A to A-. The outlook is stable. In addition, Creditreform Rating lowered the rating of Preferred Senior Unsecured debt from A to A-, the rating of Non-Preferred Senior Unsecured debt from A- to BBB+, the rating of Tier 2 capital from BBB to BBB- and the rating of Additional Tier 1 capital from BBB- to BB+.
  • 28.03.2020
    Creditreform Rating has set the rating of all valid bank ratings and bank issues to watch negative due to the currently not assessable impact of the Corona Crisis. Not affected by this rating action are government related banks. We refer to the free available Monitoring Report for a more detailed explanation.
  • 10.12.2019
    Creditreform Rating has raised the rating of Erste Group Bank AG from A- to A. The outlook is stable. In addition, Creditreform Rating has raised the rating of Additional Tier 1 capital from BB+ to BBB- and the rating of Tier 2 capital from BBB- to BBB. The rating of Preferred Senior Unsecured Debt (after reclassification from Senior Unsecured Debt) was raised from A- to A. Moreover, the rating of Non-Preferred Senior Unsecured Debt was set to A-.
  • 21.06.2019
    Creditreform Rating AG has revised its rating methodology for the rating of "Bank Capital and Unsecured Debt Instruments". Henceforth, only the revised version of the rating methodology ("Version 2.0") will be applied. Moreover, all current ratings of bank capital and unsecured bank instruments will be reviewed as part of our current monitoring and receive therefore the rating supplement "watch". Our revised rating methodology can be found at www.creditreform-rating.de.
  • 26.09.2018
    Creditreform Rating has affirmed the rating of Erste Group Bank AG with A-. The outlook is stable. In addition, Creditreform Rating has affirmed the rating of Additional Tier 1 with BB+, the rating of Tier 2 with BBB- and the rating of Senior Unsecured with A-.
  • 22.03.2018
    Creditreform Rating has set the rating of Erste Group Bank AG to A-, with stable outlook. Creditreform Rating has also determined the ratings of the debt classes as follows. The rating of Additional Tier 1 was set to BB+, the rating of Tier 2 to BBB- and the rating of the Senior Unsecured to A-.