The share of overdue loan debt in Ukraine in January-October 2015 grew by 6.4 percentage notches, to 20.4% of the amount of loans issued, while the share of foreign capital in the consolidated charter capital of Ukrainian banks increased by 7.3 percentage points, to 37.8%, according to a report by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

According to the NBU, in October 2015 the total number of solvent banks operating in the country fell by two, being 120 as of November 1, 2015, while as of January 1, 2015, 163 banks were operating in Ukraine.

In October 2015, total number of financial institutions with foreign capital did not change, and in January-October 2015, the total number of financial institutions with foreign capital decreased by 11, to 40 banks, including banks with 100% foreign capital – in October their number remained unchanged and in January-October it fell by one, to 18 banks.

Assets of banks over the period under review totaled UAH 1.246 trillion.

Total assets (reserves not taken into account) of solvent banks amounted to UAH 1.525 trillion and credits issued by banks – UAH 935 billion.

The capital of the bank was UAH 123.931 billion, and charter capital - UAH 192.489 billion.

The NBU said that regulatory capital of operating banks fell by UAH 10.7 billion in October. In general, regulatory capital of the banking system grew by UAH 27.8 billion in October, as Delta Bank left the system.

Charter capital in the banking system grew by UAH 190 million in October and by UAH 12.3 billion since early 2015.