**LIST OFTHE LARGEST UKRAINIAN BANKS**

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27 JANUARY2000

SOURCE: USEMBASSY KIEV

 

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SERVICE ANDU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1999. ALL

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1.   SUMMARY: AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1999,203 BANKS WERE

REGISTERED INUKRAINE, INCLUDING 30 BACKED WITH

FOREIGNCAPITAL, AND NINE WITH 100 PERCENT FOREIGN

CAPITAL.  OF THE TOTAL 203 REGISTERED BANKS, 165BANKS

ARE ACTUALLYOPERATING.  WITH THE EXCEPTION OFTWO

STATE-OWNEDBANKS, OSHCHADBANK AND UKREXIMBANK, THE

BANKS AREJOINT-STOCK COMPANIES (JSC) (124 - OPEN JSC,

49 - CLOSEDJSC) OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES (28).

END SUMMARY.

 

2.   SEVEN BANKS, WHOSE NET ASSETSEXCEEDS A BILLION

HRYVNAS,CONTROL MUCH OF THE CAPITAL AND POLITICAL

POWER INUKRAINE: PROMINVEST BANK, PRIVATBANK, BANK

UKRAYINA,AVAL, UKREXIMBANK, UKRSOTSBANK, AND

OSHCHADBANK.  THE SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL BASE OF THESE

BANKSGUARANTEES THEIR STABILITY. HOWEVER, THESE SEVEN

BANKS ALSOHAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF "PROBLEM

LOANS"IN THEIR CREDIT PORTFOLIOS (MAINLY TO STATE-

OWNEDENTERPRISES, WHICH AMOUNT TO "DEAD WEIGHT" ON

THE BANKS'BALANCE SHEETS) - 27%.  THE AVERAGE

PERCENTAGE OF"PROBLEM LOANS" IN THE UKRAINIAN BANKING

SYSTEM ISCALCULATED AT 20%.

 

3.  ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL BANK OFUKRAINE (NBU)

RATING,PUBLISHED MONTHLY, THE STRONGEST UKRAINIAN

BANKS AT THEPRESENT TIME ARE: THE FIRST UKRAINIAN

INTERNATIONALBANK (KIEV); BROKBIZNESBANK (KIEV);

SLOVIANSKY(ZAPORIZHZHIA); UKRAINIAN CREDIT BANK

(KIEV);FINANCE AND CREDIT (KIEV); NADRA (KIEV);

PRAVEX-BANK(KIEV); UKRSIBBANK (KHARKIV); MT-BANK

(KREMENCHUK;POLTAVA REGION); VA-BANK (KIEV); CREDIT-

DNIPRO(DNIPROPETROVSK); CREDIT LYONNAIS UKRAINE

(KIEV) ANDRAIFFAIZENBANK (KIEV).

 

4.  PROBLEMS COMMON TO ALL COMMERCIAL BANKSIN UKRAINE

INCLUDE:UNCERTAIN MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS; THE VALUE

OF CREDITRESOURCES; AND THE THREAT THAT INFLATION CAN

NOT BE KEPTUNDER CONTROL.  DESPITE A 60PERCENT

DEVALUATIONOF THE HRYVNA IN 1999, AND US$ 30 MILLION

LESS INPROFITS COMPARED TO 1998, INSIDERS INDICATE

UKRAINE'SBANKING SYSTEM HELD ITS OWN IN 1999. THE

BANKINGINDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO SEE A TURNAROUND IN

2000.  DEVELOPMENTS ON THE POLITICAL FRONT ARETHE

BASIS FOR THEBANKERS' OPTIMISM.  FORMER NATIONALBANK

GOVERNOR,VICTOR YUSHCHENKO, NOW HEADS UKRAINE'S

GOVERNMENT ASPRIME MINISTER, WHICH BODES WELL FOR

REFORM IN THEBANKING SECTOR.

 

5.   LIST OF THE LARGEST UKRAINIANBANKS:

 

1) AVAL

9, LESKOVAST., KYIV 252011, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)294-9691, 295-7003, 296-9234

FAX: (380-44)295-3231

HTTP://WWW.AVAL.KIEV.UA

 

2)BROKBUSINESS BANK

41, PEREMOHYAVE., KYIV 03057, UKRAINE

TEL/FAX:(380-44) 231-1870, 231-1850

 

3)CREDIT-DNIPRO

17, LENINAST., DNIPROPETROVSK 320070, UKRAINE

TEL:(380-562) 44-2227,

FAX:(380-562) 44-2207

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

4) CREDITLYONNAIS

23A,VOLODYMYRSKA ST., KYIV 252001, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)490-1400

FAX: (380-44)490-1402

 

5)EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF UKRAINE

127, GORKOHOST., KYIV 252150, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)247-8045, 268-3416

FAX: (380-44)247-8082

 

6) FINANCEAND CREDIT

60, ARTEMAST., KYIV 254050, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)216-2588, 290-2145

TEL/FAX:(380-44) 247-6970, 247-6971

FAX: (380-44)484-2571, 484-4613

 

7) FIRSTUKRAINIAN INTERNATIONAL BANK

9, VELYKAZHYTOMYRSKA ST., KYIV 01025, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)462-0481

FAX: (380-44)462-0483

-MAIL:[email protected]

HTTP://WWW.FUIB.COM

 

8) MT-BANK

59, BUTYRINAST., KREMENCHUK 315317, UKRAINE

TEL/FAX:(380-5366) 2-0018

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

9) NADRA BANK

15, ARTEMAST., KYIV 254053, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)238-8400,

TEL/FAX:(380-44) 238-8415

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

10) NATIONALBANK OF UKRAINE

9,INSTYTUTSKA ST., KYIV 252601, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)293-5973, 293-5225, 291-0108, 293-0180

FAX: (380-44)293-4204

HTTP://WWW.BANK.GOV.UA

 

11) PRAVEX -BANK

9/2, KLOVSKYUZVIZ, KYIV-21 252021, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)294-8180

FAX: (380-44)294-8103

 

12)PRIVATBANK

50 NABEREZHNAPEREMOHY, DNIPROPETROVSK 320094, UKRAINE

TEL:(380-562) 39-0511

FAX:(380-562) 78-5474

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

13)PROMINVESTBANK

12, PEREVULOKSHEVCHENKA, KYIV 252001, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)226-2032

FAX: (380-44)229-1456

 

14)RAIFFAIZENBANK

9/2,CHERVONOARMIYSKA ST., KYIV 252004, UKRAINE

TEL/FAX:(380-44) 224-1446

 

15)SLOVIANSKY

8, KREMLIVSKAST., ZAPORIZHZHIA GSP 225, 330600,

UKRAINE

TEL:(380-612) 52-1325, 44-1607

FAX:(380-612) 12-8574

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

16) STATESAVINGS BANK OF UKRAINE (OSHCHADBANK)

12 HOSPYTALNAST., KYIV 252028, UKRAINE

TEL/FAX:(380-44) 462-0690

HTTP://WWW.OSCHADNYBANK.COM

 

17) UKRAINE

10, RYLSKYLANE, KYIV 252025, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)244-1616, 244-1506

FAX: (380-44)229-0239, 244-1515

 

18) UKRAINIANCREDIT BANK

37 PEREMOHYAVE., KYIV 252056, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)236-9631

FAX: (380-44)230-2386

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

19)UKRSIBBANK

60, MOSKOVSKYAVE., KHARKIV 310005, UKRAINE

TEL:(380-572) 21-9212

FAX:(380-572) 28-2620

E-MAIL:[email protected]

20)UKRSOTSBANK

29, KOVPAKAST., KYIV 252006, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)269-0836

FAX: (380-44)269-1307

E-MAIL:[email protected]

 

21) VABANK

5,ZOOLOHICHNA ST., KYIV 254119, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)216-0157, 219-4499, 219-3166

FAX: (380-44)216-0033

E-MAIL:[email protected]

HTTP://WWW.VABANK.COM.UA

 

 

6.   FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THEBANKING SECTOR OF

UKRAINE,PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NEAREST USDOC EXPORT

ASSISTANCECENTER, WITH A COPY TO: DAVID HUNTER, CS

KIEV SENIORCOMMERCIAL OFFICER; OR OLENA STEPHANSKA,

CS COMMERCIALSPECIALIST:

 

THE COMMERCIALSERVICE, U.S. EMBASSY KIEV

7 KUDRIAVSKYUZVIZ, KIEV 04053, UKRAINE

TEL: (380-44)417-1413, 417-2669

FAX: (380-44)417-1419

E-MAIL:[email protected]