...+ Robust domestic growth, a rapid decrease of nonperforming loans, and a faster-than-expected decline of credit costs have improved our Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) for Slovenia to group '6' from group '7'. + These tailwinds also strengthen the creditworthiness of Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), fostering improvements in the bank's earnings generation capacity and supporting further transformation of the bank. + We also note that NLB's liquidity profile has strengthened on the back of solid liquidity buffers and waning dependence on short-term wholesale funding. + We are therefore raising our long-term counterparty credit rating on NLB to '##' from '##-' and are affirming the short-term rating at 'B'. + The positive outlook on NLB reflects our continued positive assessment of economic prospects in Slovenia that, in our view, will continue to support improvements in NLB's asset quality and internal capital generation capacity over the next year. FRANKFURT (S&P Global Ratings)...
