The net profit of solvent banks in Ukraine in January-June 2019 amounted to UAH 31 billion, which is 3.7 times more than in the same period last year (UAH 8.3 billion), the NBU said on its Facebook page.
The NBU pointed to three factors of growth in bank profits: a 20% increase in net interest income of banks, to UAH 39 billion, a growth in net commission income by 17%, to UAH 21 billion, and a positive result from revaluation and from transactions on currency sale and purchase – UAH 10.4 billion.
According to the NBU, there were 76 operating banks in Ukraine as of July 1, 2019.
The net profit of ING Bank Ukraine in January-June 2019 amounted to UAH 366.478 million, which is 71.3% more than in the same period in 2018 (UAH 213.894 million), the bank reported in a statement published on its website.
Net interest income of the bank for the first six months of this year increased by 13.6% compared with the corresponding period last year, to UAH 526.102 million.
Its assets since the beginning of the year decreased by 2.4%, to UAH 10.684 billion, loans to customers by 24.8%, to UAH 6.418 billion.
The bank’s liabilities from the beginning of this year have decreased by 1.8%, to UAH 6.742 billion.
Charter capital in the first half of the year remained at the level of UAH 731.298 million, while net worth was down by 3.5%, to UAH 3.942 billion.
ING Bank Ukraine was founded in 1997. By January 1, 2019, its sole shareholder was ING Bank N.V.
ING Bank Ukraine ranked 21st among 77 operating Ukrainian banks as of April 1, 2019 in terms of net assets (UAH 11.347 billion), according to the NBU.
PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia in the first half of 2019 repaired 45 electric trains and 18 diesel trains at their depots, while six electric trains and one diesel train were overhauled.
As a press service of the enterprise reported on Wednesday, by the end of 2019 the Ukrzaliznytsia is going to repair another 50 electric train sets and 15 diesel train sets.
As reported, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to launch a pilot project to upgrade commuter trains in Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, asking Kyivpastrans to allocate UAH 500 million for their renewal.
Kyiv-based state-owned Ukreximbank’s net profit in January-June 2019 amounted to UAH 862.153 million, which is 27% more than for the same period in 2018 (UAH 679.127 million), the bank said in a statement on its website.
According to the report, the bank’s net interest income for the first half of 2019 decreased by 10.5% compared to the corresponding period last year, to UAH 1.003 billion, while commission income increased by 13.7%, to UAH 530.914 million.
Assets since the beginning of 2019 have shrunk by 6.2%, to UAH 151.661 billion, loans issued to customers decreased by 7.5% to UAH 67.008 billion.
Bank liabilities from the beginning of this year decreased by 6.3%, to UAH 143.582 billion.
The bank’s charter capital in the first half of the year remained at UAH 38.730 billion, while its total equity capital decreased by 4.3%, to UAH 8.078 billion.
Ukreximbank, wholly owned by the state, was created in 1992.
It ranked third among 77 banks operating in the country in terms of total assets (UAH 232.798 billion) as of April 1, 2019, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.
The State Tax Service (STS) of Ukraine in July 2019 managed to ensure UAH 5 billion more in tax payments to the national budget, however, total tax payments collected by the State Fiscal Service [which consists of the tax and customs services] is UAH 14 billion lower than the target figure, STS Serhiy Verlanov said.
“According to a recent update, the tax service collected UAH 5 billion more in July [than it was planned],” Verlanov said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
Yet, he said, funds collected by the customs unit is lower than the target.
“Yes, we’ve got questions to ask the customs,” he said.
The former deputy head of the Presidential Administration under ex-President Viktor Yanukovych, Andriy Portnov, has said Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) has opened a criminal case to probe facts of embezzling funds from state-run Concern Ukroboronprom and siphoning them off into offshore accounts, and suspects in the case “could include dozens of ex-President Poroshenko’s allies.”
“Let me inform you about a new criminal case, which can incriminate dozens of people among Poroshenko’s associates. The SBI yesterday officially registered the case and began its investigation,” Portnov said on Facebook on Thursday.
Portnov said Poroshenko gave direct instructions to ex-National Bank of Ukraine Chairwoman Valeriya Gontareva, and the NBU board on January 19, 2016, revoked NBU decisions on hard currency control involving foreign economic activities, establishing that payments of Ukroboronprom to offshore accounts could be used for making prepayments without NBU hard currency controls and limits.
“This enabled the theft of several billion hryvnias from Ukraine’s army, hiding behind official decisions made by the NBU,” Portnov said.
Interfax-Ukraine has not received confirmation from the SBI regarding Portnov’s statements.
