The National Bank of Ukraine has prohibited banks, starting from December 2, from providing currency exchange points (both their own and those operating under agency agreements) with cash foreign currency, obliging banks to sell cash foreign currency only through their own cash desks. This was reported by the NBU to banks in a telegram, according to "Ukrainian News."\n\n\nThe National Bank also instructed banks to sell traveler's checks denominated in foreign currency only through their own cash desks.\n\n\nThe NBU also informed banks that they may provide currency exchange points, including agency ones, only with funds in the national currency.\n\n\nAs reported, according to NBU data, about 2.9 thousand currency exchange points are registered in Ukraine, of which about 1.5 thousand operate under agency agreements with banks.