NBU: “Banking Industry Shows an Upward Trend”

Politics ♦ Published: February 18, 2013; 12:01 ♦ (Vindobona)

Mr. Oleksii Tkachenko, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, believes that overall 2012 was a successful year for the domestic banking industry.

NBU: “Banking Industry Shows an Upward Trend” / Picture: © NBU

“2012 saw ongoing positive developments in the Ukrainian banking industry, which were first recorded in 2011. In 2012, the amount of active transactions and borrowed funds showed an upward trend,” he said.

Total assets increased by UAH 56 billion over the past year or by 5%, having reached UAH 1.3 trillion. A surge in active transactions carried out by banks in the domestic…