OTP Bank intends to become a hub for the distribution of grants from international financial partners and access to preferential lending programs for business. This was stated by Volodymyr Mudryi, Chairman of the Board of OTP Bank, at the conference “Finance for Business in Time of War” organized by the European Business Association and the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine with the support of international donors – the USAID Project “Investing for Business Resilience” and the IFC Project “Asset Based Finance”, implemented in partnership with the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO).
“OTP Bank plans to become a hub for international grants for business, remaining a reliable partner for international financial institutions that play a crucial role in the resumption of lending. USAID, IFC, and EBRD have enormous capabilities and significant capacity. And we need to tell entrepreneurs about this as much as possible,” said Mr. Mudryi.
During the conference, V. Mudry called on the banking sector, international partners and the state to engage in an active dialogue on the implementation of joint projects to revive lending.
“If you look at the statistics, since July 2023, the loan portfolio of banks has been constantly growing. But we also know that a huge part of this growth is provided by government programs of subsidized loans “5-7-9%,” the banker emphasized.
In his opinion, the macro stability ensured by the NBU, the predictability of the exchange rate, inflation, GDP growth and bank liquidity encourage us to move to a new stage of cooperation for the development of the economy. “Our goal is to work out new approaches to further development of lending, financing and co-financing of entrepreneurs. And we cannot do it without direct dialog with business,” summarized V. Mudryi.
As a reminder, OTP Bank is already implementing a number of projects with international organizations. In particular, a grant program with the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID, under which it provides targeted financing to small and medium-sized businesses to replenish working capital. It also offers investment loans to SMEs with a possibility of reimbursement of up to 20% of the funds received under the program with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). OTP Bank cooperates with the International Finance Corporation IFC under the Risk Sharing Program agreement to provide financial support to enterprises in key sectors of the Ukrainian economy, especially in the agricultural sector and women-owned businesses.
The total number of transactions through the international financial service system NovaPay, part of the NOVA group of companies, reached 354 million in 2023, up 31% year-on-year, and their value increased by 41% to UAH 235.5 billion, NovaPay said on Wednesday.
“In 2023, the company received an expanded NBU license, which allows it to provide more services to customers, and launched a beta version of the mobile application. All of this is to be even faster and more convenient for customers,” commented Igor Prikhodko, CFO of NovaPay.
It is noted that the company recorded an increase in the share of non-cash payments from 50.1% in 2022 to 53.4% in 2023.
According to NovaPay, the list of the most popular services, in addition to traditional transfers, also includes utility bills, card replenishment and cash withdrawals, and international transfers as aid for Ukrainians.
It is noted that in 2023, NovaPay transferred UAH 1.2 billion to the country’s budget, which is 44% more than in 2022.
NovaPay has been providing online and offline payment services for almost 12 years, currently in more than 3.5 thousand Nova Poshta branches. According to the NBU, the company accounts for 35% of the total volume of domestic money transfers.
On the morning of February 15, Ihor Viktorovych Kulakov, the chairman of the board of the Reconstruction Agency of Ukraine, was found dead in his apartment.
The circumstances of his death are under investigation.
In January 2024, insurance companies-members of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) concluded 556,241 thousand contracts of compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles (CTP), which is 1.37% less than in the same period in 2023.
According to the data published on the MTIBU website, 411 thousand contracts were concluded in electronic form, which is 14.31% more than in January last year.
In January 2024, the Bureau’s members increased the collection of insurance premiums under MTPL policies by 19.25% compared to the same period in 2023 – up to UAH 706.7 million, including UAH 560 million (+34.05%) under electronic contracts.
The total amount of accrued insurance claims under domestic insurance contracts increased by 40.7% to UAH 400.7 million, including UAH 81.951 million paid using the Europrotocol (+23.02%).
The Bureau also recorded an increase in the number of settled insurance claims by 22.2% to 12,498 thousand, including 4,550 thousand (+5.25%) using the Europrotocol.
MTIBU is the only association of insurers in Ukraine that provides compulsory insurance of civil liability of owners of land vehicles for damage caused to third parties. The Bureau’s members include 35 insurance companies.
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Astarta Agroholding, Ukraine’s largest sugar producer, supplied more than 1 million tons of products to global markets in 2023 and received EUR325 million in export revenue, up 17% compared to 2022, the agroholding’s press service reported on Facebook.
“The year 2023 was characterized by a number of next logistical hurdles: the termination of the grain agreement; significant limitation of export opportunities across land borders with the EU; regular Russian air attacks on Ukraine’s energy, railway and port infrastructure. On the other hand, these challenges mobilized our team to look for new opportunities. Diversifying logistics flows, we used combined types of transportation – the lion’s share of our products was exported through the sea corridor from the ports of Greater Odessa, guarded by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. We also delivered shiploads overland to Polish ports and through the Danube ports,” the press service quoted Astarta Commercial Director Vyacheslav Chuk as saying.
According to the information of the agricultural holding, the main consumers of corn from Astarta are China, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, wheat – Spain, Indonesia, Portugal, Sri Lanka. Astarta’s sugar, soybean oil and meal were supplied mainly to European markets. Astarta’s organic products were exported to Germany, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
In general, the agricultural holding exported agricultural products to 44 countries.
Astarta said that it intends to continue working on diversification and expansion of sales markets, optimizing export logistics and increasing export volumes.
“Astarta is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding operating in eight regions of Ukraine. It includes six sugar factories, agricultural farms with a land bank of 220 thousand hectares and dairy farms with 22 thousand cattle, an oil extraction plant in Globino (Poltava region), seven elevators and a biogas complex.
The agroholding earned EUR1.24 mln of net profit in the third quarter of 2023, which is 27.7 times less than in the same period of 2022. Astarta’s revenue decreased by 14.4% to EUR104.75m, gross profit decreased by 2.7 times to EUR26.96m, operating profit decreased by 7.6 times to EUR6.79m and EBITDA decreased by 42.7% to EUR97.25m.
Thanks to a stronger performance in the first half of this year compared to the first half of last year, for the first nine months of 2023 as a whole, net profit decreased by 9.8% to EUR55.97m on revenue growth of 14.8% to EUR392.00m. The company’s gross profit increased by 3.0% to EUR151.91m, while operating profit decreased by 15.9% to EUR79.91m and EBITDA decreased by 10.8% to EUR116.63m.
