Ponova by OTP Bank loan marketplace for used cars took third place in the nomination “Best CX Case in Service Design” at the Ukrainian CX Excellence’2025 Customer Experience Awards. The award ceremony took place on June 20, 2025 in Kyiv.
“Ponova by OTP Bank was launched in 2022 as a response to real customer pain: chaos in the used car market, distrust of sellers, incomprehensible tools for finding and buying used cars, and a complicated car loan process. Our team relied on convenience, transparency, and technology, and we were right. This award confirms that we are on the right track, as we are changing the experience of buying and selling cars in Ukraine for the better,” said Mykyta Alfiorov, Product Owner of Ponova by OTP Bank.
This fintech product already covers 69% of the Ukrainian used car market. The network of Ponova by OTP Bank partners includes more than 550 car lots in 45 cities of Ukraine and is constantly growing. The online catalog of the marketplace includes more and more used cars of the most popular brands: Volkswagen, Skoda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Kia, Chevrolet, Ford, BMW, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault. In addition, almost 30 thousand different cars are presented with a discount of up to -30%.A wide selection of cars by category, technical parameters, and year of manufacture allows you to find the perfect option for each buyer. Convenient filters help you quickly select a car by key criteria: brand, model, price, year, etc. The option of ordering a customized car from the USA, Europe, and other countries is available.
You can buy a car immediately by paying the full amount or on credit. For buyers who purchase a car with financing through the Ponova by OTP Bank marketplace, vehicle registration is free of charge.
A convenient Ponova bot will help the client quickly determine the personal loan amount for a car, and OTP Bank will finance it. The Bank’s specialists will consult in detail and select the optimal term and amount of monthly payments.
Details at the link. Find information on the terms of lending for used cars here.
The Ukrainian CX Excellence’2025 All-Ukrainian Customer Experience Award brought together leading Ukrainian companies that submitted more than 60 customer experience cases in 13 nominations. The industries represented include e-commerce, banks, insurance companies, logistics, energy, HoReCa, retail, gas stations, and even agriculture. The cases were evaluated in two stages: first, a written essay, and then an online defense during a two-day CX marathon. The expert council of the All-Ukrainian Customer Experience Award included 55 independent experts.
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The Swiss Federal Council at a meeting on Wednesday approved the Agreement between Switzerland and Ukraine on cooperation in the reconstruction of Ukraine, according to the Swiss government portal.
“This State Treaty provides a legal basis for enhanced cooperation with the Swiss private sector in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The State Treaty will be signed at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome. The text of the agreement will then be submitted for consultation and approval by the Parliament,” the report says.
It is reported that back in the summer of 2024, the Federal Council developed a number of measures to strengthen the participation of the Swiss private sector, complementing humanitarian aid and traditional international cooperation projects in Ukraine. “Right now, cooperation with the private sector is limited to Swiss companies that are already registered in Ukraine. Strengthening cooperation with Swiss companies that are not yet operating in Ukraine requires a new legal framework. The Federal Council is creating it through an intergovernmental agreement approved today,” the statement explained.
The agreement will allow Ukraine to buy goods and services from Swiss companies for reconstruction projects in the form of non-refundable financial assistance. The support will be provided mainly in sectors that are a priority for Ukraine, in which Swiss international cooperation is already active in Ukraine and in which Switzerland is competitive. These include energy, transport and mobility, mechanical engineering, construction, water resources and disaster protection and preparedness. The intergovernmental agreement stipulates that Ukraine will play a key role in defining the projects: it will identify its reconstruction needs and provide a list of necessary goods and services from Switzerland. These will be procured in accordance with Swiss public procurement law.
“The Federal Council delegate from Ukraine, Jacques Gerber, will sign the State Contract together with Yulia Sviridenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, on the margins of the Fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference to be held in Rome on July 10 and 11, 2025. This high-level conference series was founded in Lugano in 2022 after the outbreak of the war against Ukraine and focuses on the rapid recovery and long-term reconstruction of Ukraine. After signing the State Treaty, the Federal Council will conduct a consultation process and submit a document to the Federal Assembly to approve the agreement,” the statement said.
The Federal Council adopted the program for Ukraine for 2025-28 on February 12, 2025. It marks the beginning of a twelve-year process of federal support for reconstruction, reforms and sustainable development in Ukraine. For this purpose, CHF1.5 billion ($1.86 billion) has been allocated from the international cooperation budget until 2028, a third of which will be allocated to increase Swiss private sector involvement in Ukraine’s reconstruction.
The Federal Council is Switzerland’s highest executive body. All seven of its members constitute the federal government and act as Switzerland’s collective head of state.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that US President Donald Trump has expressed his readiness to come to Turkey to work on peace with Ukraine if Putin comes, TRT Global reports.
“The Turkish president revealed details of his conversation with US leader Donald Trump, saying that he is ready to come to participate in peace talks. “If Russian President Vladimir Putin comes to Istanbul or Ankara for a settlement, I will also come to Istanbul or Ankara,” Erdogan quoted Trump as saying to reporters on board the plane after returning from the Netherlands.
The Turkish leader emphasized his country’s readiness to take decisive steps for a peaceful settlement: “If we need to dig a well with a needle to find a solution, we will do it.”
Erdogan spoke about his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a dinner with the King of the Netherlands on June 24, where the support of Ukraine’s allies and the outcome of the war were the main topics of discussion.
US President Donald Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media page, has called for the termination of state broadcaster Voice of America (VOA), which he says is the “mouthpiece of the Democrats”.
“Why would a Republican want the Democrats’ ‘mouthpiece,’ the Voice of America (VOA), to continue to exist? It’s a complete, leftist disaster – no Republican should vote for its survival. KILL HIM!“,” Trump wrote.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has reportedly sent out layoff notices to more than 600 employees of Voice of America, The New York Times reported.
The layoffs will reduce the news organization’s workforce to fewer than 200 people, about one-seventh of its workforce at the beginning of 2025.
The Liski branch of Ukrzaliznytsia has announced a tender on the zakupivli.pro platform for the purchase of 20-foot containers in the amount of 1020 units of Open Top and 500 units of Pallet type. Pallet, according to the procurement platform.
According to the trading platform, the estimated purchase price is more than UAH 469 million excluding VAT.
The auction will be held on June 27.
The Open Top container type has an open roof covered with an awning. They are used to transport bulky or heavy goods that cannot be easily loaded or unloaded using standard methods.
Pallet Wide containers are designed for sea transportation. They make it possible to transport pallets.
On Tuesday, June 24, Horodyshche-Pustovarivska Agrarian Company LLC (GOPAK), a member of the Hals Agro agricultural holding, exported biomethane of its own production for the first time, the industry publication ExPro reported.
According to the publication, the company exported almost 73,000 cubic meters of biomethane stored in Ukrainian underground storage facilities via the gas transportation system through Hungary. The buyer was German Uniper.
Thus, Hals Agro became the third exporter of biomethane, joining VitAgro and MHP.
“Hals Agro is a Ukrainian holding company specializing in grain and sugar production, turkey farming, and meat production. It also produces electricity from renewable energy sources and has four biogas complexes in
Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. The total design capacity is 14.7 MW of green electricity generation.
“Since 2021, Hals Agro has launched two biomethane projects, and in 2023 launched the production of the first industrial biomethane at the Lynovytske Biogas Complex.
Ashroholding has a biomethane plant in Chernihiv region with a capacity of 3 million cubic meters per year. In November 2024, it started pumping biomethane into Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities.
