Mercantil S.A.

VENEZUELA: MOODY'S: SYSTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN FOR VENEZUELAN BANKS.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/10/2009; 1173 words; Following its downgrades of Mercantil, C.A., Banco Universal and...Venezuela on December 6, Moody's Investors Service states that...by the Venezuelan government's ad hoc interventions of small...the system as a whole. Moody's explains that the risks faced...

United States : Chavez moves to assert greater control over banks.
TendersInfo; 12/9/2009; 712 words; ...the resignation of the banker s brother, who is a minister and...historical icon of Mr. Chavez s political movement. Besides...pickpockets. On Sunday, Moody s Investor Services downgraded...banks, the privately run Banco Mercantil and the state-owned Banco Venezuela...

Venezuela president, facing bank crisis, detains powerful financier; Chavez moves to assert greater control over banks
International Herald Tribune; 12/8/2009; 820 words; ...historical icon of Mr. Chavez's political movement. Besides...pickpockets." On Sunday, Moody's Investor Services downgraded...banks, the privately run Banco Mercantil and the state- owned Banco Venezuela...recent events." Mr. Chavez's government still faces questions...

VENEZUELA: MOODY'S DOWNGRADES VENEZUELAN BANKS GIVEN HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTIES.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/7/2009; 805 words; Moody's Investors Service...strength ratings of Mercantil, C.A., Banco...ratings to B1, from Mercantil's Ba3 and Banvenez...about the ability of Mercantil and Banvenez to preserve...operations. Moody's has often referred...

MEXICO: MOODY'S REVIEWS BANORTE'S HYBRID SUBORDINATED DEBT FOR DOWNGRADE.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/7/2009; 1247 words; Moody's Investors Service has placed under review for possible downgrade the Baa2 foreign currency subordinated debt rating of Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A. (Banorte)'s deeply subordinated non-cumulative junior subordinated notes...