The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has divided the banks into four groups by asset size for 2005, changing the threshold asset sizes for all groups, the NBU said in a telegram to the banks, reports "UA TODAY".
The group of the largest includes 10 banks with assets of more than UAH 2.5 billion (previously it included banks with assets of more than UAH 2 billion); the group of large banks includes 15 banks with assets of more than UAH 1.3 billion (previously more than UAH 1 billion); the group of medium banks includes 31 banks with assets of more than UAH 0.4 billion (previously more than UAH 0.3 billion); the group of small banks includes 104 banks with assets of less than UAH 0.4 billion (previously less than UAH 0.3 billion).
The top ten largest banks have remained the same: Privatbank, "Aval", Prominvestbank, Ukrsotsbank, Ukrsibbank, Ukreximbank, Oschadbank, "Raiffeisenbank Ukraine", "Nadra", Brokbusinessbank.
At the same time, Vabank, Dongorbank, "Khreshchatyk" and Express-bank have been included in the group of large banks, while "Citibank (Ukraine)" and "Kredit-Dnipro" have been moved from the group of large to the group of medium banks. In addition, taking into account the significant volume of active and passive operations, the NBU has placed the "Arkada" bank, which is in the group of small banks, among the large ones.
The NBU, while supervising commercial banks, monitors the banks in the group of the largest and large by assets from its central office. The monitoring of medium and small banks is handled by the NBU's territorial administrations.
Recall that every year in late January-early February the NBU redistributes banks into groups and, if necessary, changes the asset sizes for each of the four groups. According to the NBU, as of January 1, 2005, the state register of banks lists 182 banks, of which 160 have a license to conduct banking operations. Of the licensed banks, 132 are joint-stock companies (92 — OJSCs and 40 — CJSCs), and 28 are registered in the form of limited liability companies.