Ukraine’s economy is stable, but its development has stalled. Despite the war, the Ukrainian economy remains relatively stable, but growth has slowed because businesses have stopped investing in new projects, except for a few industries that have seen some benef... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #RenewableEnergyUkraine #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #UkrainianBanks
Business lending in Ukraine is poised for growth due to new tools. “This year has seen the emergence of new work areas. For instance, consortium lending enables funding for large-scale infrastructure projects. Banks, both private and state-owned, are collaborat... #BusinessLending #financeUkraine #LoansforBusiness #UkraineEconomy #UkrainianBanks
The NBU predicts a 20-25% increase in lending this year, with banks utilizing ₴1T in resources. As reported by Kateryna Rozhkova, Deputy Head of the National Bank, it is expected that bank loan portfolios will grow by approximately 20-25% this year, which would balance investments in government ... #financeUkraine #KaterynaRozhkova #Lending #LoansforBusiness #nbu #UkrainianBanks
In the second half of the year, bank lending rates may return to last year’s levels of 17-18% per annum. Under favorable economic conditions, rates on auto loans, loans for small and medium-sized businesses, and mortgages may align with the 2024 level: They are expected to decrease by an average of one p... #financeUkraine #InterestRate #LendingInUkraine #nbu #UkraineMonetaryPolicy #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainian banks have earned almost ₴255B during the 3.5 years of war. According to the NBU, in the first quarter of 2025 the banking sector reported ₴40B ($955M) in profit, with state-owned banks, including PrivatBank, generating 65.7% of this amount. Last year, banks a... #financeUkraine #LoansUkraine #nbu #OVDP #UkraineBanksProfits #UkraineDeposits #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainians boosted their investments in hryvnia deposits and amassed a record amount of savings in May. The funds placed by individuals in bank accounts in both hryvnia and foreign currency increased by 0.8% in May to reach a record ₴1.266T. According to the NBU, since the beginning of the year the volu... #BankDeposits #financeUkraine #HryvniaDeposits #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Business lending in Ukraine is on the rise, propelled by farmers and builders. The Banking Sector Review for Q1 2025 shows that banks are increasing the pace of business lending while also extending loans to the consumers. As a result, the growth of the net commercial hryvnia lo... #financeUkraine #Lending #LoansforBusiness #nbu #NPL #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainian bank clients will save €70-100M by joining the single euro payments market. Ukraine’s entry into the SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) system, assuming the current volumes of international payments are maintained, will enable Ukrainian bank clients to save between €70 an... #Euro #EuroPayments #SEPA #SEPAUkraine #UkrainianBanks
In Ukraine, the share of NPLs is projected to fall to pre-war levels this year. In the first three months of 2025, the share of NPLs in the banking sector decreased to 28.6%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than at the beginning of the year and 8.8 percentage points lower th... #financeUkraine #LoansUkraine #NonPerformingLoans #NPL #UkrainianBanks
More than a third of Ukrainian bank deposits are held in foreign currency, despite their lower profitability. According to the NBU, as of April 1 ₴1.392T was held in banks and protected by the Deposit Guarantee Fund (DGF). Since the start of the year, this amount has hardly changed (+₴0.6B). Meanwhile, in 60 ... #BankDeposits #DepositGuaranteeFund #financeUkraine #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Throughout the month, Ukrainians increased their bank accounts by ₴1.7B. As of April 1 2025, the total amount of consumer deposits, including those from individual entrepreneurs (FOPs), in Ukrainian banks surpassed ₴1.392T, which is ₴1.7B ($40M) more than at the beginning ... #BankDeposits #financeUkraine #HryvniaDeposits #KeyPolicyRate #UkrainianBanks
Another bank in Ukraine has received an EBRD guarantee to support €100M in energy investment. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) continues its backing of Ukraine’s energy security by providing Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine with an unfunded portfolio risk-sharing guarantee, f... #BankLoans #CreditRisk #ebrd #EnergySecurity #investments #RaiffeisenBankUkraine #UkrainianBanks
In Ukraine, household loans have become more expensive, even though banks attract funds at lower rates. In January 2025, Ukrainian banks raised their rates on household loans, according to operational data from the National Bank. Consequently, average interest rates on new bank loans to consumers in the... #BankDeposits #CreditPortfolio #financeUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Experts provide a forecast for the Ukrainian mortgage market in 2025. Ukrainian banks predict that, with favorable economic and military conditions in 2025, about 40% of all mortgage loans issued under the eOselya program may be used in the primary housing market. The p... #eOselya #MortgageProgram #MortgagesUkraine #PrimaryHousing #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainians have increased their bank savings over the years. In 2024, hryvnia bank deposits increased by 15.8% (+₴257B) to ₴1.885T, and deposits in foreign currency increased by 4.2% (+$0.8B) to $20.1B, said Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Com... #DanyloHetmantsev #financeUkraine #ForeignCurrencyDeposits #UkraineDeposits #UkrainianBanks
State banks were the most profitable through 11 months of 2024; the banking sector increased its tax payments by 70%. According to the NBU, solvent Ukrainian banks generated ₴131B ($3.2B) in net profit after tax from January-November 2024. The leaders in the banking sector were: PrivatBank with ₴56.3B, Oschadbank wit... #nbu #oschadbank #PrivatBank #RaiffeisenBankUkraine #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
In 2024, banks in Ukraine earned ₴118B thanks to lending and bonds. From January to September, solvent Ukrainian banks earned ₴118B ($2.8B) in net profit. The NBU explained that the primary income sources were the increase in lending volumes and investment in governme... #BankDeposits #BankLoans #financeUkraine #OVDP #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
The IMF criticizes the 50% tax rate on banks’ profits and advises Ukraine to increase its internal financing sources. The deputy head of the IMF mission in Ukraine, Trevor Lessard, noted that the introduction of a 50% tax on bank profits for the second year in a row contradicts the nature of taxing excess profits, un... #imf #TaxesUkraine #TaxIncrease #TrevorLessard #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
Bankers do not expect a change in the key policy rate by the end of the year, but there are risks. Ukrainian bankers believe that the Board of the NBU will leave the discount rate at the current level of 13% per annum at a meeting on Thursday. “However, a return to tightening monetary policy ... #financeUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #OTPbank #PravexBank #RaiffeisenBank #UkrainianBanks
The yield on deposits will continue to decline, but commercial lending conditions have softened for the first time since 2021. Ukrainian banks expect a further reduction in deposit rates for both individuals and businesses. A survey on lending conditions showed that in the third quarter, the largest share of respondents since... #BankDeposits #BankLoans #ConsumerLending #financeUkraine #UkrainianBanks
Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainians have increased hryvnia deposits by more than ₴54B. As of October 1, the total amount held in individual deposits (including individual entrepreneurs) in Ukrainian banks amounted to ₴1.3257T. Over the month, it increased by ₴24.7B ($625M), according to... #BankDeposits #financeUkraine #HryvniaDeposits #UkrainianBanks
Banks in Ukraine predict the growth of business lending in Ukraine. Commercial interest rates will no longer decrease, but this will not stop growth in lending, industry representatives shared. In particular, Sense Bank plans for their loan portfolio to grow by 150% t... #LoanPortfolio #LoansforBusiness #PiraeusBank #SenseBank #Taskombank #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainian banks increased their profits by 22%, with one of them accounting for 40% of the total amount. The total profit generated by Ukrainian banks for the first seven months of the year is ₴119.44B, which is 22% more than in the same period last year. Along with earnings, income tax increased by 80% ... #financeUkraine #MTBbank #PrivatBank #UkraineBanksProfits #UkraineEconomy #UkrainianBanks
At the request of the World Bank, Ukraine changed the conditions for the sale of state-owned banks: The state’s share in the sector must decrease. The Parliament of Ukraine adopted a draft law on the peculiarities of the sale of state-owned shares in the authorized capital of banks. The draft law modifies the rules for the sale of state banks, a... #ReformsinUkraine #UkraineStateBanks #UkrainianBanks #worldbank
Over the first half of the year, banks increased their profits by 17%. In the first six months of the year, solvent banks earned ₴79B in net profit, 17% more than the ₴67.6B profit obtained in the same period last year. Only seven small banks out of 62 solvent financial ... #IncomeTaxationUkraine #nbu #OVDP #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
How have Ukrainian bank deposit portfolios and investment returns changed? According to the year’s first half results, as of June the financial institutions with the two largest deposit portfolios were Privatbank (₴490.83B) and Oschadbank (₴201.4B). Also among the lead... #BankDepositsinUkraine #financeUkraine #InterestRate #nbu #oschadbank #PrivatBank #PUMB #UkrainianBanks #UniversalBank
Ukrainians continue to deposit more money into their savings; in the first half of the year, deposits increased by ₴60.2B. According to the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Individuals, as of July 1, 2024, the total amount of deposits of individuals and entrepreneurs in Ukrainian banks reached ₴1,295T, which is ₴28.9B more than... #BankDepositsinUkraine #DepositGuaranteeFund #financeUkraine #UkrainianBanks
Banks invested 25% of assets in OVDP, so the NBU sees no need for further stimulation. The National Bank believes there is no need to stimulate banks to increase investments in domestic government bonds (OVDP). In January 2023, banks introduced the possibility of covering mandatory rese... #financeUkraine #nbu #OVDP #UkraineBond #UkrainianBanks
The largest banks in Ukraine have agreed on preferential lending to restore energy infrastructure; they will finance projects up to €25M. During a banking forum, 17 of Ukraine’s largest banks signed a memorandum on preferential lending for energy infrastructure restoration projects. The memorandum was signed by banks whose net ass... #EnergyRestore #Lending #LoansforBusiness #PiraeusBank #PiraeusBankUkraine #RenewableEnergy #UkraineEnergy #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainians are increasing their bank account deposits, leading to a ₴31.3B increase in five months. Since the beginning of 2024, the increase in consumer deposits amounts to ₴31.3B, the Deposit Guarantee Fund reported. In particular, it is clarified that as of June 1 the total amount of deposits bel... #BankDepositsinUkraine #financeUkraine #HryvniaDeposits #UkrainianBanks
Thanks to OVDP, the return on the Ukrainian banks’ assets increased to 11.6%. According to the National Bank, the return on assets increased by 0.2 percentage points on average over the last year, up to 11.6% in the first quarter of 2024, primarily due to revenues from OVDP ... #CreditPortfolio #nbu #PrivatBank #UkraineBanksProfits #UkraineBond #UkraineDeposits #UkrainianBanks
The deposit yield for businesses and individuals in Ukraine has fallen. According to the Banking Sector Survey for the first quarter, banks reduced deposit rates for both commercial and consumer loans. The national bank notes that since the beginning of the year, the disc... #BankDepositsinUkraine #DiscountRateUkraine #financeUkraine #nbu #UkraineDeposits #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainian banks expect an increase in lending and an increase in portfolio quality. Banks expect an increase in consumer and commercial lending volume over the next 12 months, and for the first time since the end of 2021, they forecast an increase in loan portfolio quality, the NBU r... #ConsumerLending #CreditPortfolio #financeUkraine #Lending #MortgagesUkraine #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainians have begun to borrow money more actively and increase their deposits, but experts predict a rate decrease. The head of the Finance Committee, Danylo Hetmantsev, commenting on NBU data, notes that lending increased slightly in March but generally stagnated. The balance of hryvnia loans granted to businesses... #BankDepositsinUkraine #CreditPortfolio #DanyloHetmantsev #financeUkraine #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Energy leads the ranking of the best businesses in Ukraine by turnover. The Opendatabot has published a new rating based on its index, which includes Ukrainian enterprises with the highest turnover and impeccable business reputations. The energy sector was recognized as t... #energyukraine #oschadbank #PrivatBank #PUMB #UkrainianBanks #UkrainianEnterprises #бізнесвУкраїні
Moody’s updated its forecast for the largest Ukrainian banks. International rating agency Moody’s confirmed the long-term and short-term ratings of Privatbank, Oschadbank, Ukreximbank, Raiffeisen Bank, Taskombank, Vostok and Pivdenny banks in hryvnia and f... #financeUkraine #Moodys #oschadbank #PrivatBank #RaiffeisenBank #UkrainianBanks
Bankers predict a decrease in the share of NPLs in 2024. More than a third of loans issued by Ukrainian banks, or 37.4%, have been overdue for more than 90 days. Experts are convinced that in 2024, the share of NPLs in Ukraine’s banking system will decrease... #BankLoans #financeUkraine #GlobusBank #NPL #UkrainianBanks #UNEXbank
Bankers are predicting an increase in the yield of hryvnia deposits in Ukraine. In March, the rates on stock hryvnia deposits, depending on the term of placement of funds, may reach 17% per annum, predicts the top manager of Globus Bank, Dmytro Zamotaev. He specified that until t... #financeUkraine #GlobusBank #HryvniaDeposits #KeyPolicyRate #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Banks’ profit in January increased by 14%, analysts explained why. In January 2024, Ukrainian banks produced ₴16.7B in net profit, ₴2.068B or 14% more than in January 2023. Net profit increased despite the increase in the tax rate: In January 2023, banks paid 18% tax... #financeUkraine #TaxesUkraine #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
Last year, banks in Ukraine earned 100% more than before the beginning of the war and almost completely paid off their refinancing debts. In 2023, Ukrainian banks produced almost ₴160B in pre-tax profit, 100% more than before the start of the full-scale invasion. Banks will have to pay a tax of half their total profit – more than ... #financeUkraine #nbu #TaxesUkraine #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
During the second year of the war, banks increased their profits by 300%. In 2023, solvent Ukrainian banks earned ₴86.5B in net profit. “This is almost four times higher than the figure for 2022 and 12% higher than the results of 2021, before the full-scale invasion,&... #nbu #TaxesUkraine #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
Hungarian OTP Bank is considering the privatization of the Sense Bank. Hungarian group OTP Bank Plc. is interested in buying Sense Bank, which the state nationalized in the summer of 2023. EP sources confirmed that foreign banking groups are interested in privatizing two... #Banksprivatization #DragonCapital #OTPbank #SenseBank #UkrainianBanks #Ukrgasbank
Last year, the amount of mortgage loans issued in Ukraine increased by 400%. In 2023, Ukrainian banks issued 6,114 mortgage loans for a total of ₴9.1B. According to a National Bank survey, the volume of consumer mortgage loans increased almost fivefold in 2023 compared to the ... #eOselya #LoansUkraine #MortgagesUkraine #nbu #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainian banks’ net profit has soared by almost 600%; financial institutions have earned more than ₴130B. According to the results from 11 months of the year, banks’ net profit (after tax) amounted to ₴130.55B. In November alone, this number was ₴7.85B, reported the head of the Committee on Financial Issu... #DanyloHetmantsev #TaxesinUkraine #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
Bankers forecast a 3% decrease in rates for deposits and loans in Ukraine in 2024. Under favorable economic, military, and political conditions in 2024, rates for bank loans and deposits may decrease by an average of 3%, according to the head of Globus Bank, Serhii Mamedov. He assum... #BankDepositsinUkraine #BankLoans #financeUkraine #GlobusBank #SerhiyMamedov #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainian banks increased earnings by 100% compared to the last pre-war year. Through ten months of the year, Ukrainian banks earned ₴122.7B, more than twice as much as in the corresponding period of 2021, when their collective profit was ₴58.35B. State-owned PrivatBank and Osc... #oschadbank #PrivatBank #PUMB #RaiffeisenBank #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
In November, assets of bankrupt banks were sold in Ukraine for ₴49.4M. Last month, Ukraine held 37 auctions to sell the assets of eight banks that were liquidated by the Deposit Guarantee Fund. The winning bids from successful auctions amounted to almost ₴49.4M ($1.35M).... #BankSich #DepositGuaranteeFund #PrivatizationUkraine #UkrainianBanks #Zlatobank
How will interest rates on loans and deposits change because of the increased bank income tax? The increase in the bank profit tax from 18% to 50% in 2023 and 25% in the following years may provoke an increase in loan rates by financial institutions and a decrease in deposit rates to ensure sta... #AndriyDubas #OleksandrPisaruk #TaxesinUkraine #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
Ukrainians’ trust in banks is growing, and here is why. Over the past year, the volume of deposits in Ukrainian banks increased by more than 8.6%, reaching a record ₴1.14T. Ukrainians keep ₴733B of this amount in the national currency and ₴409B in foreign ... #BankDepositsinUkraine #financeUkraine #UkraineBankingSystem #UkrainianBanks
Bank profit tax increased to 50% in 2023 and 25% in subsequent years. The Ukrainian Parliament adopted a draft law on a temporary increase in the bank tax rate from an 18% to 50% tax on profits in 2023 and a permanent increase to 25% in the following years. The draft la... #financeUkraine #nbu #TaxesinUkraine #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
