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Ukraine war: how do you keep a bank going during a conflict?
February 28, 2024Oleksandr Pysaruk, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Ukraine, discusses the challenges the bank faced following the Russian invasion
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Powering up banking in Ukraine
November 16, 2023Ukraine’s central bank governor tells us how the bank is helping keep the lights on, even as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
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What’s behind Ukraine’s tech explosion?
August 24, 2023IT and fintech was one of the few sectors of Ukraine’s economy that grew last year. Some even see it as a “pillar for stronger democracy” in the country.
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How Ukraine can ‘build back better’
August 17, 2023Development money is pouring into Ukraine, but some NGOs and civil society organisations are not convinced the money is being well spent. And what does “build back better” even mean?
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European banks still in Russia: should they stay or should they go?
March 17, 2023As the prospect of selling their operations in Russia becomes increasingly challenging, should European banks walk away from their Russian operations or wait it out?
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Navigating the regulatory web of Russia sanctions
September 29, 2022The US, EU and UK have imposed an increasingly complex regime of sanctions on Russia as the war in Ukraine has evolved.
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The Russia-Ukraine conflict’s effects on the global financial system
August 16, 2022The war has led to difficult circumstances for the global financial system, leaving central banks with a tough choice.
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PrivatBank plots course through Ukrainian storms
August 7, 2020Sharon Easky, chairperson of PrivatBank’s supervisory board, on the legal challenges which followed the bank’s nationalisation and the ongoing struggle to bring reform to Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s lenders experienced at handling crises
May 29, 2020Consolidation and nationalisation of banking sector should help withstand pandemic fallout.