Moody's reaffirms rating of ICICI Bank

According to a recent press release Moody’s has re-affirmed its rating for ICICI Bank and said the private sector lender has continued to maintain a healthy franchise and a strong liquidity, capitalization and earnings profile. The report also said that the probability of systemic support for ICICI Bank is high, given its sizeable retail deposit franchise as well as its importance to the national payment system as the second-largest commercial bank. Reports said that Moody’s is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company of Moody’s Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody’s Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit analysis, economic research and financial risk management. The Corporation, which reported revenue of $2 billion in 2010, employs approximately 4,500 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 26 countries. ICICI Bank is renowned for the variety of loans that it offers to suit the requirements of its customers with convenience of networked branches/ ATMs and facility of E-channels like Internet and Mobile Banking. It offers home loan, personal loan, car loan, education loan, mortgage loan, business loans etc.