GLOBAL FINANCE
    
    names theWorld’s Safest Banks 2012 inCentral & Eastern Europe
   
  

   
    NEW YORK, August 16, 2012
   
   
    
     Global Finance
    
   
   magazine (
   
    GF
   
   mag.com) has namedthe Safest Banks in
   
    Central & Eastern Europe
   
   in an exclusive survey to be published in theOctober 2012 issue. Winners were selected through an evaluation of long-term creditratingsfrom Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitchand total assets of the 500 largestbanks worldwide.
  
Czech banks take the top two spots on the list this year, but Polish banks dominate the list overall, with five banks in the top ten.
The full report evaluates the safest banks in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe,Asia, the Middle East, North America, Latin America and Australasia.
   “More than ever, customers around the world are viewing long-term creditworthiness asthe key feature of the banks with which they do business,” says Joseph D. Giarraputo,publisher of
   
    Global Finance
   
   . “These banks have solid capital positions and superior riskmanagement capabilities.”
  
   For editorial information please contact: Andrea Fiano, Editor, email:
   
    afiano@gfmag.com
   
  
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    Global Finance
   
   Magazine August 16, 2012 / Ratings current as of July 30, 2012
  
 
                     
                     
                    