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National Bank of Ukraine concedes an early termination of the IMF funding
The National Bank of Ukraine believes that if Ukraine doesn’t receive the next tranche from the International Monetary Fund by July, the cooperation program will probably end, as expressed during an interview with Dmitry Sologub, NBU deputy head, with Ukrainian news.
Sologub added, "We are reevaluating, as much as possible, but technically, the first quarter does not look viable anymore. It's more realistic to receive a tranche in the second quarter. When we receive a tranche, in the first or …
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Poroshenko proposes a replacement for the head of the National Bank of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko offered the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) to replace the head of the National Bank of Ulraine(NBU). He suggested dismissing Valeriya Gontaryeva from the post and officially appointing her deputy, Yakiv Smolii to the position.
On the Rada’s website, a page appeared called "Draft resolution on the dismissal of V.O. Gontaryeva from the position of the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine." However, the text of the decree is not yet available. …
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Ukraine received 400 lawsuits after nationalization of Privatbank
More than 400 lawsuits have been filed since the nationalization of Privatbank against the National Bank (NBU), the Ministry of Finance and Privatbank itself, as mentioned at a briefing by Deputy Head of the NBU, Kateryna Rozhkova.
"Today we have more than 400 lawsuits against the NBU, Privatbank and the Ministry of Finance, all of which are connected to the process of nationalization in one way or another. Such a large number of lawsuits indicate a frank reluctance by former owners of …
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National Bank of Ukraine warns of possible cyber-attack on Ukrainian Independence Day
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) warned Ukrainian banks that on Independence Day, which is celebrated in Ukraine on August 24, a hacker attack on the country’s banking system was possible, RBC-Ukraine news agency reported citing the press service of the bank.
"The NBU promptly informed the banks about the appearance of a new malicious code, its features, signatures of the attacks and the need to introduce preventive measures to prevent the attack," the report said.
The description of virus, …
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Raiffeisen Bank Aval sues the National Bank Of Ukraine
The Kyiv District Administrative Court opened proceedings on the lawsuit filed by Raiffeisen Bank Aval against the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) demanding cancellation of the 4.9 million UAH ($190,810.00) fine imposed on them, as stated in Decree No. 826/9684/17 dated August 4th, FinClub reports.
“Bank Aval PJSC appealed to the Kyiv District Administrative Court with an administrative claim against the National Bank of Ukraine requesting to recognize as unlawful and cancel the decision dated …
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Ukrainian foreign reserves reached $18 billion
The National Bank reported that Ukraine's international reserve had reached $18 billion. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the NBU, Dmytro Sologub.
According to Sologub, the favorable situation on the foreign exchange market allowed the National Bank to buy $1.4 billion, a net purchase of foreign currency, from the beginning of 2017.
"At the moment, international reserves amount to about $18 billion," he said. He also noted that the U. S. dollar exchange rate is falling relative to world …
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National Bank of Ukraine removes PwC from auditor registry for inaccurate audit of PrivatBank
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has removed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) from the registry of auditing firms which have the right to audit banks.
The relevant decision was made on July 20 by the NBU’s executive board on the basis of a request from the Committee on matters of bank auditing, the NBU’s press service reported.
The announcement points out that the reason for the decision was the fact that PWC affirmed inaccurate information about the financial-economic activity of PrivatBank ( …
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National Bank of Ukraine: Billions are circulating outside of the banking system in Ukraine
The amount of cash outside of the banking system is about 300 billion hryvnia ($11.48 billion USD).
UNIAN reports that the Acting Head of the National Bank (NBU), Yakov Smolii, announced this during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Financial Policy and Banking Activity.
"At the current time, there is cash of about 300 billion UAH outside of the banking system," he said.
At the same time, Smolii stressed that such a large amount of cash increases the burden on the National Bank, …
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Ukrainian court has recognized the nationalization of PrivatBank as 'partially illegal'
On May 17, the Kyiv District Administrative Court recognized the nationalization of Ukraine's largest privately owned bank, PrivatBank, which took place on the night of December 18, as partially illegal. The court considered the claim of six individuals against the National Bank (NBU), the Individual Deposits Guarantee Fund, the Ministry of Finance, and persons authorized to perform interim administration at the Bank at the end of December 2016. The plaintiffs were co-owners of the media group 1 …
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National Bank of Ukraine expects to receive fifth tranche of IMF loan
Ukrainian authorities will reach a consensus with the mission of the International Monetary Fund that is working in Kyiv now. They anticipate that the country will receive the fifth tranche of the Fund's loan within the framework of the program.
This was told to reporters by the acting head of the National Bank, Yakiv Smoliy on the sidelines of the research conference organized by the National Bank of Ukraine together with the National Bank of Poland and with the support of the Government of …