FRANKFURT (S&P Global Ratings) Oct. 6, 2022--S&P Global Ratings said today that the progress of Magyar Bankholding's three-way merger positions MTB Magyar Takarekszovetkezeti Bank Zrt. (MTB; BB/Stable/B) to benefit from the expected improvements in efficiency and profitability if the transformation evolves as planned. Magyar Bankholding's recent announcement that MBH Bank will be the name of the newly formed banking union represents a milestone in the group's transformation into Hungary's second-largest lender, with over Hungarian forint (HUF) 10 trillion in total assets and 2.3 million clients. The announcement is in line with our base-case expectations, and we continue to believe MTB's creditworthiness depends on that of the wider group as the merger progresses. This leads us to positively incorporate into our