The FINANCIAL -- In a meeting of the European Bank Coordination Initiative Group, held on November 19 in Brussels, the parent banks of the nine largest banks operating in Romania reaffirmed their commitment to maintain their exposure to the country and ensure adequate capital levels over 10 percent for their affiliates, and in line with the results of stress tests conducted by the National Bank of Romania (NBR).

The FINANCIAL -- Moody's Investors Service has on November 19 placed on review for possible downgrade the following global scale ratings of Rosbank: bank financial strength rating ("BFSR") of D, long-term and short-term global local and foreign currency deposit ratings of Baa3/Prime-3 and local currency senior unsecured debt rating of Baa3.

The FINANCIAL -- Moody's Interfax Rating Agency has on November 19 downgraded the national scale rating (NSR) of Interregional Investment Bank to C.ru from Baa1.ru. MOSCOW -based Moody's Interfax is majority owned by Moody's, a leading global rating agency.

The FINANCIAL -- American Express Company on November 18 announced it has agreed to acquire Revolution Money, a Revolution LLC company.

The FINANCIAL -- World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick on November 18 opened a roundtable discussion on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change by saying that Indigenous Peoples carry a “disproportionate share of the burden of climate change effects.”