State Ukrgasbank declares the best exchange rate. The rest of the banks – as much as possible.
Ukraine has relaxed currency restrictions, after which most banks have already started selling dollars in their cash registers. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
“Most banks, including PrivatBank, Alfa-Bank, TAScombank, OTP-Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, on Friday resumed the sale of cash after the National Bank granted permission the day before, setting its rate at the maximum level allowed by the NBU – official plus 10%, which is 32.17-32.18 UAH/$ 1 “, – it is said in the message.
At the same time there are exceptions, in particular the state Ukrgasbank declares sale on 31 UAH/$ 1, and the state-owned Sberbank still does not sell currency.
As for the exchange rate, almost three state-owned banks set it at the lowest possible level – the official NBU exchange rate of UAH 29.2549/$ 1, and only Ukrgasbank offers UAH 29.5/$ 1.
At the same time, many commercial banks offer more favorable quotes, including Raiffeisen – 31.45 UAH/$ 1, Alfa-Bank and TAScombank – 31.5 UAH/$ 1.
As reported, the National Bank on February 24 suspended the foreign exchange market of Ukraine, except for the sale of currency, and fixed the exchange rate at the official level on that day – 29.2549 UAH/$ 1 .
According to the head of the NBU Kirill Shevchenko, if in the first days on the emerging “black” market quotes reached 39-40 UAH/$ 1, on the eve of permission to sell cash currency to banks and non-bank financial institutions, the difference between the official rate and the rate on the “black” market narrowed to 8-9%.
