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Ukrainian Banks’ Loan Portfolio Grew by 1.9% in September — NBU

16 October , 2026  

In September 2026, Ukrainian banks increased their net loan portfolio by 1.9%, or 25.1 billion UAH, compared to August—to 1 trillion 329.4 billion UAH, while the deposit base increased by 0.7%, or 23.1 billion UAH, to 3 trillion 254.7 billion UAH, according to operational data from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

The main growth came from the corporate segment: the business loan portfolio increased by 15.3 billion UAH, or 1.6%, over the month—to 946.3 billion UAH.
The volume of loans to households at the end of the month stood at 383.1 billion UAH, which is 9.8 billion UAH, or 2.6%, more than a month earlier.

Within the corporate portfolio, hryvnia-denominated loans increased by nearly 0.7%, or 4.3 billion UAH, to 654.9 billion UAH, while foreign-currency loans (in hryvnia equivalent) rose by 3.9%, or 11.1 billion UAH, to 291.4 billion UAH.
On a year-over-year basis, hryvnia-denominated loans to legal entities rose by 32.3%, foreign-currency loans (in hryvnia equivalent) by 29.7%, and the retail loan portfolio by 38.4%.

In the deposit market, the trend was the opposite of that in the loan market: the largest increase came from household deposits, which rose by 21.4 billion UAH, or 1.4%, to 1 trillion 556.0 billion UAH, while corporate deposits increased by 1.8 billion UAH, or 0.1%, to 1 trillion 698.7 billion UAH.
On a year-over-year basis, household deposits increased by nearly 17.0%, and corporate deposits by 14.9%.

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