Banks Vladimir and Stolitsya brought under NBU control

The National Bank of Ukraine said yesterday that it took banks Vladimir and Stolitsya under temporary administration. Bank Vladimir was taken under the NBU’s wing on July 17; it was Ukraine’s #130 largest bank by assets according to NBU data as of April 1. Meanwhile, Bank Stolitsya’s officially transferred control to the NBU on July 20; it was Ukraine’s #122 largest bank by assets. Andrii Parkhomenko: These are the sixteenth and seventeenth Ukrainian banks brought under NBU control. As of today, the banks under NBU administration jointly account for 8.8% of the assets in the Ukrainian banking system.