State-run Oschadbank (Kiev) has increased the volume of term deposits from the beginning of the full-scale war until the end of 2022 by 7.4% or 5.2 billion UAH – to 70.6 billion UAH in all currencies, the head of the bank Sergei Naumov said on Wednesday.
“As of the end of 2022 we have plus on humble deposits from the beginning of the big war 5.2 billion UAH to 70.6 billion UAH (in all currencies). This trend continues now: already this year we have added UAH 500 million (in equivalent) to this portfolio,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
He pointed out that the hryvnia deposits from February 24 last year increased by 5.7 billion UAH.
Naumov expects that the deposit base of Ukrainian banks will continue to grow, as well as deposit rates.
Oschadbank was founded in 1991. Its sole owner is the state.
According to statistics from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), on November 1, 2022 on the size of total assets Oschadbank took 2nd place (270.806 billion UAH) among the 67 operating banks in the country.
