...November 13, 2019 PARIS (S&P Global Ratings) Nov. 13, 2019--S&P Global Ratings said today that it assigned its '##' long-term issue rating to RCI Banque's (###/Negative/A-2) 850 million tier 2 fixed rate resettable subordinated notes due Feb. 18, 2030. The issue rating reflects our analysis of the instruments and our assessment of RCI's creditworthiness. The '##' issue rating on the notes is two notches below our '###-' assessment of the bank's stand-alone credit profile (SACP). Since we downgraded Renault S.A. to '###-' and affirmed RCI at '###' (for more information, see "RCI Banque '###/A-2' Ratings Affirmed On High Operating Performance Despite Renault Downgrade; Outlook Remains Negative," published Oct. 28, 2019, on RatingsDirect), RCI doesn't benefit anymore from group support, which affects our analysis in deriving the issuer credit rating. As per the notes' terms and conditions, we consider the instruments to be subordinated to senior creditors' claims, and note that the instruments...