Share of bad loans in Ukraine up to 9.38% in August, says NBU

18:24, 26.09.2012 1 min read

The share of bad loans in Ukraine in August 2012 rose by 0.18 interest notches, to 9.38% of the overall sum of issued loans, according to a posting on the official Web site of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

The amount of bad loans in monetary terms was up by 0.9%, to UAH 76.614 billion.

The share of foreign capital in the banks' overall charter capital in the period concerned grew by 1.7 percentage points, to 42.9%.

The overall number of banks with foreign capital working in Ukraine was 55. The number of banks with 100% foreign capital stood at 23.

As of early September 2012 there were 175 banks operating in Ukraine.