The Supreme Court declared Astra Bank insolvent, the press service of the National Bank reports.
By its decision, the Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the Kyiv District Administrative Court and the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal, which found the central bank’s actions illegal.
The NBU reminded that Astra Bank is the only bank that was withdrawn from the market by selling it to an investor company, namely AGRO HOLDINGS (UKRAINE) LIMITED, which recapitalized it.
Later, the bank entered the market under a new brand – Agroprosperis Bank.
Astra Bank was declared insolvent in March 2015. Its beneficiary is Mykola Lahun, the founder of Delta Bank, which was also declared insolvent in 2015.
The Supreme Court did not satisfy the cassation appeal of Sberbank of Russia and recognized the Ukrainian state Оschadbank as the legal owner of the Sberbank trademark in the country. “The Supreme Court did not find grounds to satisfy the cassation appeal of Sberbank of Russia and upheld the decision of the Northern Commercial Court […]
The National Bank did not go out this week with interventions on the interbank market, according to the press service of the regulator on Friday, November 27. The Central Bank has been refusing to buy or sell currency for three weeks in a row. At the same time, since the beginning of the year, the […]
The fall of the hryvnia will not happen again in the event of a full lockdown, as in March, assured the director of the open markets department of the National Bank Oleksiy Lupin. “We do not expect a repeat of the March events in the foreign exchange market, because in March it was something new, […]
The court satisfied the claim of the state-owned PrivatBank to Agroterminal and decided to collect UAH 1 billion in debt from it as a guarantor of Boryvazh. This is stated in the decision of the Commercial Court of Odessa region. According to court materials, PrivatBank terminated the loan agreement due to the debtor’s breach of […]
The defining reason for the depreciation of the hryvnia against the dollar and the euro in the third quarter was the deterioration of business expectations. Deteriorating expectations created increased demand for the currency, which turned out to be higher than supply. This contributed to the devaluation pressure in the foreign exchange market in the III […]
In July-September 2020, Ukrainian banks closed 251of the structural subdivisions, reducing the regional network to 7329 branches by October 1. This is stated in the data of the National Bank. Most branches in the third quarter were closed by the state Oschadbank – 166, reducing its total number to 1931. During the same period, the […]
Before the fall of the economy in the second quarter of 11.4% led to strict quarantine restrictions and declining demand, as well as reduced investment. This is stated in the report of the National Bank. “The main factor in the deepening decline in GDP was expected to be a reduction in domestic demand. It is […]
The Canadian company Mobify received $ 10 million of investments from the Acton Capital Partners fund. The company also announced that the new members have joined the board of directors. They are Hannes Blum, from Acton, who was the vice president of the Amazon for seven years, and founded the AbeBooks company, which was bought […]
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The World Bank will provide Ukraine with a second tranche of $ 350 million, but subject to certain conditions. WB Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde told Interfax-Ukraine what exactly is expected from Kyiv. “The prospects for the second tranche of the Economic Recovery Development Policy Loan depend on maintaining an adequate […]
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The international manufacturer of goods and raw materials in the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors Puratos built a plant in Odessa region. “Puratos will launch its own production of ingredients for the baking and confectionery industry in the Odessa region “, – said in the statement. The business of the company focused on meeting the […]
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According to Interfax-Ukraine, the State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine (SFGCU) will initiate a rate decrease. The Eximbank of China issued the credit to the corporation under Ukraine state guarantees in the amount of 1,5 milliard dollars in 2012. Oleksandr Hryhorovych, the acting CEO of SFGCU said: “We work on the very important issue. […]
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Volkswagen AG, probably close to an agreement with the California regulator, who previously rejected a proposal by the German automaker recall cars in the framework of the settlement of the consequences of “diesel scandal”. Mary Nichols, head of the California Air Resources Board Protection (California Air Resources Board, CARB) said that the negotiations with Volkswagen […]
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One hundred thirty countries have joined the large-scale reform, which includes a global tax on digital corporations and will reduce the opportunities for international companies to evade taxation. Taxing large corporations with a 15 percent tax can bring states $ 150 billion annually. The most important tax agreement in a century One hundred thirty countries, […]
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Агентство S&P Global Ratings знизило довгостроковий суверенний рейтинг України в іноземній валюті із CCC+ до CC. Переддефолтний рейтинг у зв’язку з рішенням Кабміну просити бондхолдерів про відстрочку виплат за всіма зовнішніми зобов’язаннями на 24 місяці. Така реструктуризація, за оцінкою S&P, є рівнозначною дефолту. S&P Global Ratings не виключає, що знизить рейтинг до SD (вибірковий дефолт) […]
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Media Group will provide from 10 000 euros to 500 000 euros, depending on the stage of development of the project. One of the world’s largest media group Publicis decided originally to commemorate the 90th anniversary: to finance 90 StartUps from around the world, including Ukraine, – writes AIN. As the newspaper writes, the […]
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The taxi service of the international Chinese company DiDi Chuxing intends to conduct the initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As reported by Reuters on Tuesday, citing sources, this may happen in the first half of 2021. By the time of the IPO, the estimated value of DiDi will be more […]
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World oil prices of reference brands continue to rise on the news of the victory of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the US presidential election and information on the success of tests of the vaccine from COVID-19 of the American company Pfizer Inc. and German BioNTech. This is evidenced by trading data on Wednesday, […]
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The increase of the minimum wage in Ukraine from UAH 5,000 to UAH 6,500 in 2021 may increase the state budget deficit to more than 6% of gross domestic product. This is stated in the economic review of the World Bank. In addition, the increase in the minimum wage will increase the overall need to […]
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PJSC “Jacobs Ukraine” (Trostyanets, Sumy region) is going to pay shareholders dividends of 121.87 million hryvnia in the period from 22 August to 23 December 2016. According to the company’s data in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and Stock Market, the decision has been taken by the general meeting of […]
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State Enterprise Plant named after VO Malysheva begins to fulfill a new contract for the repair of T-80UD tanks, which was signed in February at the international arms exhibition IDEX-2 021 between Ukrspetsexport and Pakistan for a total of $ 85.6 million. This was reported by the press service of the company. “Currently, all the […]
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The Cabinet of Ministers has authorized the Office for Investment Attraction and Support (UkraineInvest) to accompany persons who invest more than 20 million euros in Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers made the decision at a meeting the day before. Now UkraineInvest will support the investor in the preparation and implementation of the project with significant […]
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December 7, 2015 in Kiev in Radisson Blu Hotel passed a regular consultation meeting Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). OSAC is an advisory body on security of US citizens and businesses abroad. It operates under the auspices of the US State Department. OSAC activities abroad aimed at cooperation in the security business. The composition of […]
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In the United States, the International Trade Commission (ITC) has banned Altria and Philip Morris from selling IQOS in the country. The Wall Street Journal reported this. The regulator has ruled in a patent case initiated by a competitor of the companies – R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. “Encroachment on our intellectual property undermines our ability […]
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