Credit Rating Downgrade Rocks New York Community Bancorp – Stock Plunges 26% – Find Out Why!
In New York, NY, New York Community Bancorp faced a credit downgrade by Fitch Ratings, which categorized the bank’s credit grade as junk. Moody’s Investors Service followed suit with an even further reduction in rating after the commercial real estate lender revealed significant weaknesses in its loan risk management processes. Fitch lowered the bank’s long-term issuer default rating to BB+ from BBB-, just one step below investment grade, on Friday. Concurrently, Moody’s downgraded the bank …