Press Release

1st Financial Credit Card Master Note Trust II, Series 2009-B and 2009-C: DBRS Rates 1st Financial Credit Card Master Note Trust II, Series 2009-B and 2009-C

Consumer Loans & Credit Cards
September 10, 2009

DBRS has finalized ratings to the 1st Financial Credit Card Master Note Trust II, Series 2009-B and 2009-C. The transaction represents the tenth issuance from the second master note trust (Trust II) managed by 1st Financial Bank USA (1st Financial or the sponsor). Eight of these series have matured and, with this issuance, three are outstanding. The pool is collateralized by a portfolio of receivables originated in various credit card accounts.

Notes:
The applicable methodology is Rating U.S. Credit Card Securitizations, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

The Pre-sale report describing this transaction is available at www.dbrs.com.

This rating is based on public information.

This is a Structured Finance rating.

Ratings

1st Financial Credit Card Master Note Trust II, Series 2009-B
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:AAA (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:AAA (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:AA (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:A (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:BBB (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:New Rating
  • Ratings:BB (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
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  • Ratings:BB (sf)
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  • Issued:US
1st Financial Credit Card Master Note Trust II, Series 2009-C
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:AAA (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:AAA (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:AA (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:A (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:Provis.-Final
  • Ratings:BBB (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:New Rating
  • Ratings:BB (high) (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • Date Issued:Sep 10, 2009
  • Rating Action:New Rating
  • Ratings:BB (sf)
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  • Issued:US
  • US = Lead Analyst based in USA
  • CA = Lead Analyst based in Canada
  • EU = Lead Analyst based in EU
  • UK = Lead Analyst based in UK
  • E = EU endorsed
  • U = UK endorsed
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