The international credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has affirmed National Bank of Bahrain's (NBB) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’.

The outlook for NBB has been revised to negative from stable.

National Bank of Bahrain is the country’s leading provider of commercial and retail banking services with the largest banking network extending to 25 branches and 59 ATMs. The Bank has been operating a branch in Abu Dhabi since 1983 while the Riyadh branch started its operations in 2008.