 Moodys Investors Service, Moodys has today assigned a Baa3 long-term foreign currency debt rating to Banistmo, S.A. Banistmos proposed senior unsecured 144AReg S notes for up to 500 million. Banistmo will use the proceeds of the notes for general corporate purposes, including funding the banks loan growth and the refinancing of maturing debt obligations. Moodys has also assigned Banistmo a baa3 baseline credit assessment BCA and adjusted BCA, Baa3Prime-3 long- and short-term foreign currency deposit ratings and Baa2Prime-2 long- and short-term foreign currency counterparty risk ratings. 