NBU Considering Documents For Acquisition Of 4 Banks

The National Bank of Ukraine is considering packages of documents for acquisition of RwS bank, Sberbank, Lviv bank and BTA Bank.

Ukrainian News agency learnt this from the press service of the central bank.

On February 9, the Antimonopoly Committee allowed member of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Demchak to acquire over 50% of RwS bank.

Demchak has earlier submitted respective documents to the NBU.

Besides, according to a comment, the NBU has not received documents for acquisition of a stake in Prominvestbank.

In mid-February, head of the Russian-based Vnesheconombank said his bank planned to sell Prominvestbank before May 2018.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, RwS bank was founded in August 2015 on the basis of insolvent Omega Bank and was acquired by Kyiv-based Ukrainian Business Group in August.