Ukraine: average salary up in October 2019

In October the average nominal wage in Ukraine made up UAH 10,727, up by 16.4% YoY, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “In October the average nominal wage of a full-time employee of enterprises, institutions and organizations was UAH 10,727, up 2.6-fold from the minimum wage (UAH 4,173). The average nominal wage increased…

Ukraine: NBU fines four banks in November 2019

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) fined JSC European Industrial Bank, JSC Megabank, JSC Radabank JSC and JSC Oschadbank in November for the violation of legislation in the field of financial monitoring, the NBU’s press service has reported. “The National Bank of Ukraine, following the results of inspections on preventing and combating the legalization (laundering)…

Ukraine: PM announces program to finance startups

Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk will announce the start of a program for financing Ukrainian startups, according to the Government portal. The meeting on the launch of the program will be attended by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova, and Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Startup…