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Airlines, household appliance manufacturers, tire factories — Reuters documented how the war of the United States and Israel against Iran has already rewritten the financial forecasts of at least 279 corporations worldwide.
Oschadbank has issued a credit for a 50-MW energy storage system with coverage from Lloyd's syndicates — marking the first such precedent in Ukrainian energy sector during the war. The issue is not about megawatts, but rather that international insurers have so far avoided war risks.
Ukraine's economy entered 2026 with a 1.2% contraction in GDP over the first two months — the forecast growth of 2.4% no longer reflects reality. Behind the figures are shuttered factories, blackouts, and decisions that will affect every budgetary hryvnia.
The Cabinet of Ministers consolidated payments from four programs into a single special Dia.Karta account, canceled the deadline for using funds, and expanded the list of permitted purchases — but earmarking requirements remain in place.
# Government Members Forgo Legal Payments in Favor of Children's Home Members of the outgoing government—from Gergey Guyash to János Bóka—have renounced their lawful payments in favor of a children's home in Velyka Dobrana. Behind this gesture lies a specific Hungarian community in Ukraine and the first signals of new Budapest diplomacy.
The U.S. President returned from China without a breakthrough on tariffs — and acknowledged this himself aboard Air Force One. However, his trade adviser had formulated a specific architecture for a new deal even before the flight.
Pyshnyi explained the limits of the regulator's authority by citing a law article. But the real question is not about the NBU's powers — it's whether the bank will remain solvent after the Mindich tapes.
A draft law on cryptocurrency market regulation received committee support 15-9, but the central stumbling block turned out to be not the market structure, but a conflict of interest involving President Trump and his crypto business.
HACC (High Anti-Corruption Court) recognized three luxury vehicles of People's Deputy Sergiy Lytvynenko ("Servant of the People") as unjustified assets. The cars were registered under unofficial drivers and a related company, while he himself obtained a pass for them to the Verkhovna Rada.
On May 14, NABU and the Financial Intelligence Unit signed an updated memorandum: newly created and "dormant" individual entrepreneurs will receive transfer limits starting from August 2025. The document is voluntary, with no enforcement mechanism in place.
New Pope Publicly Questioned the Logic of Rearmament — Just as the West Competes Over 5% of GDP for Defense
Andrii Pyshny announced the liberalization of currency limits following consultations with the IMF. We analyze what stands behind this move and what risks it carries.
From September 1, the National Bank is introducing a new benchmark for the hryvnia to euro rate on the interbank market. A technical change – but with practical consequences.
Rosa Tapanova, who holds three state positions and earned over 14 million hryvnias last year, is depositing 8 million hryvnias for the former head of the Presidential Office. It was precisely after his rise to power that she obtained these positions.
Damage from 12 years of war is estimated at over $1 trillion, but between this figure and actual funds stands at least a year of ratifications, legal labyrinths, and $300 billion in frozen assets that remain inaccessible in full.
# Translation The National Bank of Ukraine fined "European Insurance Alliance" a total of 2.53 million hryvnias for violations of insurance law, authorization regulations, and reporting requirements. The company is among Ukraine's leading insurers, holds a uaAA rating, and operates 23 active licenses.
26,000 post offices now accept cashless payments — even in frontline villages. But an ambitious plan to transform Ukrposhta into a bank is being hampered by the regulator itself: losses over three years amount to 2.5 billion hryvnia, and PIN Bank, which was supposed to become the foundation, has been declared insolvent.
A South Korean presidential adviser's social media post about distributing AI windfall profits among citizens was enough to send the stock market, which had just reached a record 8,000 points, into reverse.
Russia has revised its GDP growth forecast for 2026 by a factor of three — from 1.3% down to 0.4%. Behind these figures lie real declines in household incomes, corporate defaults, and the cost of a war economy.
The service analyzes not individual transactions, but a complete picture: amounts, frequency and connections between operations. Cash became a risk indicator when it does not fit within the buyer's official income.
European Commission Vice President Marta Kos confirmed expected disbursements from the new credit facility, but the budget portion is tied to reforms — including anti-corruption conditions, violations of which give the EU the right to suspend financing.
# First in EBRD Practice: Bank Partially Writes Off Credit If Asset Destroyed by War For the first time, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is partially forgiving loans when assets have been destroyed by the war. The program currently applies to clients of PrivatBank and Raiffeisen Bank, and only covers capital investments.
The CEO of Ukrposhta has turned a personal conflict with the regulator into a public challenge: if the issue is with him, he will step down. However, the NBU has yet to develop even a document submission procedure, despite the law being signed a month ago.
The share of non-performing loans has reached a 15-year low of 12.9%. However, behind this figure lies a one-time operation: state banks wrote off over 170 billion hryvnias in old debts, while PrivatBank reduced its NPL portfolio by nearly 10 times in a single year.
# Khmelnytsky SBU Official Fails to Declare Wife's Property Worth 13.7 Million Hryvnia An employee of the Khmelnytsky State Migration Service who simultaneously served on a village council submitted a 2024 declaration but failed to include his wife's real estate valued at 13.7 million hryvnia. The State Bureau of Investigation claims he understood the property did not match the couple's financial means.
A Lithuanian fintech company with Polish roots is recapitalizing the bank acquired from the FUIB to the minimum regulatory threshold. This is not development — this is an entry ticket.
Up to $14.4 billion from weapons sales and sending soldiers to their deaths — North Korea has turned someone else's war into its own economic leap. But the real price of this boom is measured not in dollars.
From May 7, the Ministry of Economy launches payments for the National Cashback for March. For the first time, a differentiated model for goods and a new fuel cashback will operate simultaneously — 15% for diesel, 10% for gasoline, 5% for autogas.
Fuel and transport drove inflation to its highest level since November, but the NBU is already warning: it will be worse by year-end.
Ukraine's international reserves declined by $3.8 billion in April — despite the National Bank reducing currency sales by a quarter. The main burden turned out to be not interventions to support the hryvnia, but debt payments.