Measures of administrative force in the field of activity of non-banking financial institutions
Authors: Buha H. 
Published: August 2022

The article divides the measures of administrative coercion in the field of financial services in the activities of non-bank financial institutions into: measures of administrative warning (prevention), measures of administrative termination, administrative penalties.

Administrative and preventive measures are applied by authorized state authorities to ensure financial security, crime prevention and provide for the application of restrictions on non-bank financial institutions in statutory cases, in particular: regulatory and legal control, which proposed the author's draft order of the Cabinet of Ministers approval of the strategy for reforming the system of consumer protection in the financial services markets for 2023-2027 "; prudential supervision in the form of compliance with the rules of financial services, divided into stages: preparatory (provides for the transition to international financial reporting standards (IFRS), development of national actuarial training system, strengthening the role and responsibility of auditors, harmonization of accounting policies, creation of comprehensive information system NBU and strengthening its institutional capacity by training qualified personnel) and basic (approval of capital adequacy and asset quality standards based on the Solvency II system of standards, introduction of early warning tests, creation of NFU risk profiles database in the NBU comprehensive information system, setting requirements for business plans , which must be submitted for licensing); inspections aimed at the frequency of inspections of NFUs and includes the involvement of external experts who have the appropriate qualifications; study of the procedure for providing financial services only for the purpose of performing supervision tasks; invitation of NFU officials to provide explanations, necessary information and documents.

Administrative measures to stop violations of the procedure for providing financial services in non-banking financial institutions - forced cessation of offenses in the field of financial services by a legal entity other than a bank with special legal status of financial intermediary entered in the Unified State Register of Financial Institutions. harmful consequences and ensuring the application of administrative penalties to the violator. Such measures can be used to stop not only administrative offenses, but also criminal offenses.

Modern Ukrainian administrative legislation defines a large number of administrative offenses that can directly or indirectly harm the financial system of our state. It is stated that the predominant number of administrative offenses of this type is defined in Chapter 12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses "Administrative offenses in the field of trade, catering, services, finance and entrepreneurship." Some types of offenses involve encroachment on legal relations not only in the field of finance, but also entrepreneurship, privatization, securities circulation, etc. The analysis of the current legislation confirms the need to separate administrative responsibility in the financial sphere into a separate section of the Code of Administrative Offenses in order to systematize financial offenses.