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European banks ink acquisition deals

Two European banks agreed last week to purchase controlling stakes in Ukrainian midsized banks, marking the continued advance of foreign banking …
Nazar Kudrevskyy

Surge in acquisitions boosts domestic banking sector efficiency

Several recent large scale acquisition deals in Ukraine’s banking sector have resulted in an unprecedented influx of international capital into the …
Vladimir Mashchenko

More banks could be sold soon

The largest bank in the tiny Caucasus country of Georgia is moving forward with plans to expand onto the larger and fast-growing Ukrainian market by …
Nazar Kudrevskyy

PrivatBank expands into Georgia

While leading European banking groups have spearheaded a merger and acquisition charge into Ukraine’s banking business, snapping up some of the …
Nazar Kudrevskyy

Car loans, mortgages contribute to consumer lending boom

Fueled by the population’s growing purchasing power, strong demand for real estate,along with a moderate inflation rate, the Ukrainian credit and loan …
Vladimir Mashchenko

Bank loans to private individuals on the upswing

Svitlana Spitsyna is the head of the credit products department of JSC OTP Bank, the Ukrainian subsidiary of OTP Bank, Hungary’s largest commercial …
Interns

Bad debts find more collectors

Riding the wave of increased borrowing by consumers and small businesses in the Ukrainian financial sector, industry players have found themselves …
Olga Gnativ

Privatbank buys bank in Georgia

Ukraine’s largest bank by assets, Privatbank, quietly inched forward last week with foreign expansion plans by acquiring a majority stake in a small …
Olga Gnativ

Ukraine’s midsized banks raise funds via listings

The country’s booming banking sector is eager to attract additional funding in order to realize plans for expansion. And while large Ukrainian banks …
Vladimir Mashchenko

Consolidation in the cards for burgeoning banking sector

Agshin Mirzazade is an equity research analyst responsible for the Banking and Insurance sectors with Foyil Securities, a Kyiv-based investment bank. …
Vladimir Mashchenko

Analysts: new buyers line up for Ukrsotsbank after failed Italian bid

Three weeks have passed since the collapse of the largest private market acquisition in Ukraine, a  deal in which Ukrainian tycoon Viktor Pinchuk was …
Elena Plekhanova

Sale of big bank likely to be stalled

Days before the deadline for completing the $1.3 billion sale of a leading Ukrainian bank to one of Europe’s largest banking groups, Ukrainian …
Vlad Lavrov

US company to build ‘independent’ ATM network in Ukraine

Small and mid-sized Ukrainian banks unable to expand their own ATM networks now have an alternative way of keeping up with the country’s increasingly …
Olga Gnativ

Major bank acquisition deal on verge of collapse

A billon-dollar agreement inked early last year by a major European banking group to purchase one of Ukraine’s top-six banks looks likely to be …
Vlad Lavrov

Minority shouldn’t be silent

Ukraine appeared on the maps of Western investors after its much-touted Orange Revolution over two years ago – and rightfully so – as Orange leaders …
Kyiv Post

More foreign banks expected on market

Calyon Bank Ukraine (Credit Lyonnais Bank Ukraine prior to June 2004) has been operating on the Ukrainian commercial banking marke since 1993. …
Igor Eros

Transparency issues loom despite growth in banking sector

Continuing a nearly two-year bank-buying spree by Western financial giants, the boom in Ukraine’s commercial banking sector is set to endure, with …
Igor Eros

Raiffeisen to rename Bank Aval

The Vienna-based banking group also appears close to selling its other Ukrainian banking operation, Raiffeisenbank Ukraine, to Hungary’s OTP bank, …
Roman Olearchyk
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