In January–July 2026, “Express Insurance” collected insurance premiums totaling 795.9 million UAH, an increase of 18.8% compared to the same period in 2025.
According to the insurer’s website, premiums for comprehensive auto insurance totaled 504.9 million UAH, an 11.6% increase over the first seven months of 2025, while premiums for mandatory auto liability insurance amounted to 274.1 million UAH, a 35.6% increase compared to the same period last year.
Revenue from other business lines totaled 16.9 million UAH, which is 9.7% higher than the figure for the first seven months of 2025.
The number of insurance policies issued in the first seven months of this year increased by 37% compared to the same period last year.
“This growth outpaces the growth in premiums, indicating the expansion of the company’s customer base and the acquisition of new policyholders, while simultaneously increasing revenue,” the statement said.
The company also notes that during the same period, it paid out 394.9 million UAH in insurance claims to customers, which is 48.7% more than last year.
Express Insurance was founded in 2008. It is part of the UkrAVTO group of companies. It specializes in auto insurance.
The company has over 300 insurance agents throughout Ukraine and is actively expanding its network of partner auto service centers.
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According to Fixygen, U.S. banks—which until recently were warning about the threat stablecoins pose to the deposit system—are now exploring the possibility of issuing digital dollars themselves.
JPMorgan views a stablecoin as a complement to its existing JPM Coin tokenized bank deposit system, according to the Wall Street Journal.
At the same time, more than a dozen banks are discussing a shared infrastructure for issuing digital currencies. Bank of America and Wells Fargo are among the participants.
The reason is simple: if a portion of payments and corporate settlements shifts to USDT, USDC, and other blockchain-based instruments, traditional banks risk losing a portion of their deposits and fee-based business.
Therefore, they are trying to offer their own alternative.
In fact, three competing models are currently taking shape: private stablecoins such as USDT and USDC, bank-issued stablecoins and tokenized deposits, as well as future central bank digital currencies.
The winner of this race could capture a significant share of the new market for round-the-clock international payments and settlements involving tokenized assets.
Schneider Electric reported a roughly 30% increase in net income attributable to the company’s shareholders to EUR2.49 billion for the first half of 2026, while revenue reached a record EUR21.23 billion.
A year earlier, revenue stood at EUR19.34 billion. Organic sales growth in the first half of 2026 was 14%.
Adjusted EBITA increased to EUR4.09 billion from EUR3.51 billion, representing 22% organic growth. The EBITA margin reached 19.3%.
The company’s free cash flow more than tripled, reaching approximately EUR 1.6 billion.
The second quarter was particularly strong, with Schneider Electric’s revenue reaching a record EUR 11.5 billion, an organic increase of 17%. The Energy Management segment grew by 18%, and Industrial Automation by 11%.
The company cites the data center market as one of the main drivers. Demand for electrical infrastructure for data centers is growing rapidly amid the development of artificial intelligence, which significantly increases computing density, power consumption of server racks, and demands on cooling and backup power systems.
North America posted organic growth of 23%, while China and East Asia saw growth of 20%.
Following a strong first half of the year, Schneider Electric raised its forecast for the full year 2026. The company expects organic adjusted EBITA growth of 14–19%, up from its previous forecast of 10–15%.
Organic revenue growth is projected at 10–13%.
Schneider Electric’s results reflect a broader investment cycle in energy infrastructure. AI data centers require not only servers and graphics processing units (GPUs), but also transformers, distribution equipment, UPS systems, automation systems, cooling systems, and digital energy management solutions.
Thus, energy infrastructure is gradually becoming one of the key constraints on the further scaling of AI.
For Ukraine, this trend is significant in the long-term context of rebuilding digital infrastructure and constructing new data centers. Future facilities will require significantly greater connected power capacity and more complex power distribution architectures than traditional server centers.
Schneider Electric has been operating in Ukraine for over 30 years. Globally, the company is present in more than 100 countries and has approximately 160,000 employees.
Schneider Electric published its financial results for the first half of the year on July 30, 2026.
The nationwide “Person of the Year” program is holding its 30th anniversary season, dedicated to Ukrainians whose professional and public achievements became a notable part of the country’s life in 2025.
Among the season’s laureates will be servicemen and servicewomen of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, doctors, rescuers, energy workers, agricultural workers, volunteers, entrepreneurs, diplomats, scientists, cultural figures and representatives of other fields.
As part of the anniversary season, it is also planned to honor representatives of international diplomacy and present special awards for individual achievements.
The “Person of the Year” program has existed for three decades and honors representatives of various professions and fields of activity for their contribution to the development of Ukraine and society.
The organizers note that after the beginning of the full-scale war, a special place among the laureates is occupied by people whose activities are directly connected with the defense of the country, support for the population, the functioning of critical infrastructure, the economy and Ukraine’s international representation.
“Person of the Year – 2025 is, above all, gratitude to the people who bring victory closer, strengthen the state and shape its future,” the organizers note.
Over 30 years of its existence, the program has formed a significant list of laureates from public administration, business, science, medicine, culture, sports and other fields. The anniversary season continues the tradition of public recognition of people whose work results are important for the country.
Information about the 30th season of the program was published on August 31, 2026.
Open4Business is the official partner of the nationwide “Person of the Year” program.
Dairy products in Ukraine may become 20–25% more expensive due to rising production, processing, and logistics costs, as well as losses incurred by retail chains after losing distribution centers as a result of Russian strikes, according to a forecast by the Association of Milk Producers (AMP).
“Disruptions in supply chains and rising costs of production, processing, and logistics are creating the conditions for higher prices for dairy products in Ukraine,” the statement notes.
According to the association, as of the end of August, the average price of pasteurized milk with a fat content of up to 2.6% in a plastic film package was 50.55 UAH/kg, which is 3.7% higher than a month earlier and 11.2% higher than last year. The price of pasteurized milk in plastic bottles rose by 2.1% over the month, to 68.44 UAH/kg.
The average price of Ukrainian-produced butter with a fat content of 72.5–73% was 591.45 UAH/kg, down 0.1% over the month but still 2% higher than last year. At the same time, the APM does not expect butter prices to fall in early fall: there are fewer low-price offers on the domestic market, and the lower limit of the price range has effectively stabilized.
According to the APM’s assessment, demand for dairy products is weak and is even deteriorating due to low consumer purchasing power, consumers being forced to leave the country, and disrupted supply chains from processing plants to supermarkets as a result of Russian strikes on distribution centers.
“Traditionally, dairy processing plants supplied finished products to a retail chain’s distribution center, and from there, they were delivered by truck to supermarkets. Currently, this chain has been severed,” notes the APM.
According to the association’s forecast, retail chains will attempt to pass on the losses incurred due to the loss of distribution centers to consumers. In the APM’s view, this could lead to a decline in dairy consumption.
As previously reported, in early August, the APM predicted a 5–10% increase in dairy product prices by the end of summer and during the fall and winter. At that time, the association attributed the potential price hike to rising costs for diesel fuel, electricity, packaging materials, and logistics, as well as to exchange rate fluctuations.
Source: https://avm-ua.org/uk/post/cini-na-molocni-produkti-divlatsa-vgoru
Ukraine’s ten largest microfinance organizations reported combined revenue of 12.78 billion hryvnia and earned 1.16 billion hryvnia in net profit for the first half of 2026.
These figures were released by OpenDataBot on September 1.
Ukr Credit Finance, which operates under the CreditKasa brand, generated the highest revenue among MFOs—1.99 billion UAH. It accounted for approximately 16% of the total revenue of the top ten.
Second place in terms of revenue went to FC “Ye Hroshi” with 1.85 billion UAH, and third place went to “Spozhyvchiy Tsentr,” operating under the “ShvidkoHroshi” brand, with 1.52 billion UAH.
Next came “Aventus Ukraine” (CreditPlus) with revenue of 1.42 billion UAH, Miloan with 1.17 billion UAH, MyCredit with 1.08 billion UAH, “Bizpozika” with 1.07 billion UAH, Credit7 with 1.05 billion UAH, Moneyveo with 0.85 billion UAH, and Selfie Credit with 0.78 billion UAH.
In terms of profit, “Spotzhyvchyi Tsentr” took the lead with 361.3 million UAH. This represents about one-third of the combined profit of the ten largest MFIs. “Aventus Ukraine” came in second with 233.4 million UAH, and “Ukr Credit Finance” came in third with 172.6 million UAH.
The sector’s financial indicators are growing rapidly amid rising household debt. As of July 1, 2026, Ukrainians owed MFIs 32.32 billion UAH, which is 17% more than at the beginning of the year.
