The number of outlets of Ukrainian banks in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 2.7%, or by 147, to 5.192 thousand, according to the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
According to it, in January-March this year, most of all outlets closed Raiffeisen Bank – 27 and A-Bank – 10, then in their networks were 323 and 205 outlets, respectively.
Ukrbudinvestbank reduced the number of outlets by 6 – to 44, Sense Bank and FUIB – by 5, to 138 and 221, respectively, and Ukrsibbank – by 3, to 230.
Among the smaller banks the largest decrease of the network was registered in the bank “Clearing House” – from 5 to 3 branches, Evroprombank – from 6 to 5, and in the bank “Concorde” – from 14 to 12.
Taskombank opened the most number of outlets in the first quarter of this year – 3, increasing their number to 93.
Kredobank and Cominbank added 2 branches to their networks, increasing their number to 67 and 52 correspondingly.
On the whole, the pace of reduction in the number of bank branches in the first quarter of this year slowed down to 2.7%, as in the fourth quarter of the previous year it was 3.3%, in the third – 7.9% and in the second – 8.1%.
This is largely due to the fact that state banks have probably heeded the call of the National Bank, which in February this year suggested that the Finance Ministry, as the owner of state banks, introduce a moratorium on reducing their branch network during the war.
Over the past year, it was reduced in Oshchadbank by 420 business units – to 1.182 thousand, PrivatBank – by 287, to 1.21 thousand, Ukrgazbank – by 51, to 217, and Ukreximbank – by 5, to 48. In the first quarter of this year, Oshchadbank even opened one branch, while PrivatBank closed only one.
According to the NBU, as of April 1 this year in Ukraine, the largest branch networks owned by PrivatBank – 1209, Oschadbank – 1183, Raiffeisen Bank – 323, Ukrsibbank – 230, FUIB – 221, Ukrgasbank – 217, A-Bank – 205, Accordbank – 143, Credit Agricole Bank – 141 and Sense Bank – 138.
State banks at the beginning of April 2023 accounted for 51.2% of all bank branches in Ukraine, which corresponds to the situation before the war, although at the end of last year their share decreased slightly – to 49.8%.
As earlier reported, the number of structural subdivisions of Ukrainian banks in 2022 decreased by 20.2%, or by 1,349 branches, to 5.336 thousand.
The profits of Ukrainian banks in January-February 2023 amounted to 21.5 billion UAH, which is 2.2 times more than during the same period in 2022 (9.9 billion UAH), the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said on Tuesday.
The regulator noted that bank revenues for the two months increased by 33% to 65.8 billion UAH, and expenses – by 12%, to 44.3 billion UAH.
At the same time, the fee and commission income increased twofold, to 15.582 billion UAH.
The result of revaluation and purchase and sale operations increased 2.4 times up to UAH 4.649 billion against UAH 1.9 billion during the same period last year.
At the same time, deductions to the reserves decreased 2.3 times, to UAH 2.517 billion, and commission expenses went down by 11.9%, to UAH 7.5 billion.
As reported, the Ukrainian banks in 2022, net profit reduced by 3.1 times – to 24.716 billion UAH compared with 77.376 billion UAH in 2021.
The profit of Ukrainian banks in January-November 2022 amounted to UAH 19.429 billion, which is 3.4 times less than in the same period of 2021 (UAH 65.728 billion), the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said.
According to the report, the profit of Ukrainian banks in November amounted to UAH 8.451 billion, which is 2.3 times more than a month earlier (UAH 3.6 billion).
The regulator noted that the income of banks in November increased by 12.2%, while expenses increased by 9.7%.
According to the regulator, the income of banks in January-November increased by 32% against the same period last year – up to 322 billion UAH.
At the same time fee and commission income for 11 months decreased by 8.4% – to UAH 76.46 billion (while during the same period last year it increased by 32.6%).
At that the result from revaluation and from sale-purchase operations was positive and made UAH 42.3 billion, while it was negative and amounted to UAH 2.7 billion for the same period last year.
At the same time expenses of banking system for January-November 2022 increased by 1.7 times compared with this index in 2021 – up to UAH 302.6 billion, including deductions to reserves – 13.6 times, up to UAH 113 billion. At the same time, the commission expenses increased by 1.6% up to UAH 31.99 billion,
As reported, the Ukrainian banks in 2021 doubled the net profit – up to 77.5 billion UAH, compared with 41.3 billion UAH in 2020.
The leader in increasing the volume of public deposits in June was the state-owned PrivatBank, which increased them by UAH 21.08 billion, or 6.6%, over the month.
As reported on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), another representative of the state, Oshchadbank, follows: the absolute inflow of public funds to it amounted to UAH 5.74 billion, and the relative inflow was 4.2%.
At the same time, if at Privat the number of depositors increased by 68.03 thousand, including currency depositors – by 35.98 thousand, then at Oshchad the number of depositors decreased by 30.5 thousand. with an increase in currency by 2.8 thousand
The largest increase in the number of depositors in June was shown by the Ukrainian Universal Bank (monobank) – 114.91 thousand, including currency depositors – 48.15 thousand. With such an increase in depositors, the increase in deposits amounted to 2.6%, or UAH 1.16 billion, which ensured the bank the fourth position.
Banks with foreign capital – Ukrsibbank and Raiffeisenbank, in which 40% and 30% respectively belong to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), took third and fifth place. Deposits in them increased in June by UAH 1.59 billion, or 3.8%, and by UAH 1.09 billion, or 2%, respectively, and the number of depositors increased by 20.6 thousand. and 10.1 thousand
On the other side of the list is Alfa-Bank, deposits in which in June decreased by UAH 943.5 million, or 2.2%, including currency deposits – by UAH 699.5 million, or 3.4%. At the same time, the number of depositors increased by 13,140, which is probably due to the bank’s card product and a good exchange rate for it.
In addition, UAH 386.7 million, or 1% of the funds of natural persons, was left in June by FUIB. He also had the largest part of the outflow – UAH 224.7 million – on currency deposits.
The outflow of funds from Accordbank amounted to UAH 124.3 million, or 6.8%, from Vostok Bank – UAH 103.7 million, or 2%.
Rounding out the bottom five is A-Bank, whose deposit volume in June decreased by UAH 74.7 million, or by 0.8%. At the same time, the increase in depositors was 59.08 thousand. – it came third, second only to monobank and PrivatBank, and far ahead of the trailing TASkombank with 22.68 thousand. new depositors.
In general, according to the data of the NBU, in June the funds of individuals in banks increased by UAH 30.36 billion, or by 3.5% – almost all due to hryvnia deposits, since currency deposits increased by only UAH 0.17 billion, or by 0 ,1%.
Data on the volume of deposits and the number of individual depositors in Ukrainian banks as of 07/1/22 and their dynamics in June (Ukrainian)
The President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, announced on Tuesday proposals for new sanctions of the EU’s fifth package against Russia.
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Banks of Ukraine in January 2022 saw UAH 7.1 billion of net profit, which is 76% more than in the same period of 2020 (UAH 4.1 billion), the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has reported.
“Revenue of banks in January grew by 34%, to UAH 24.9 billion, expenses – by 23%, to UAH 17.8 billion,” the regulator said.
