OREANDA-NEWS. National Rating Agency has affirmed its national scale 'AAA' credit rating on Alfa-Bank JSC. The outlook for the rating is Stable. NRA's first-time 'AA+' credit rating was assigned to the bank on Dec. 8, 2008. The latest rating action (the credit rating affirmation at 'AAA' with a stable outlook) dates May 19, 2015.

Alfa-Bank JSC is one of Russia's leading private sector banks, consistently ranked among the top 10 local banks. It was founded by Mikhail Fridman and partners in 1990. Headquartered in Moscow, it has the Central Bank of Russia's full banking license # 1326. Alfa-Bank is a universal bank, offering a full range of banking products and services to corporate and individual customers, including consumer, mortgage and auto loans, and investment banking services. Alfa-Bank operates one of Russia's largest banking branch networks and is a key asset of Alfa-Bank Group, which includes subsidiary banks, companies and offices in the Netherlands, Great Britain, the United States and Cyprus.

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