The Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s kept the ratings of five Tunisian banks.

The five banks are Banque de Tunisie et des Emirats ,Société Tunisienne de Banque ,Arab Tunisian Bank ,Banque de l'Habitat and Banque Tuniso-Koweitienne.

Earlier, Standard & Poor downgraded Tunisia’s long- and short-term foreign currency sovereign ratings to 'BB/B'.