Two out of four state-owned banks will be privatized in any development of events, one has problems stretching from the past, and only one of the banks will definitely remain state-owned. Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko told about this in an interview with "

According to him, the state is not considering the possibility of privatizing only Ukreximbank, this institution should remain in state ownership no matter what happens..

Ukrexim is a development bank, which should remain in the ownership of the state, and therefore the privatization strategy of Ukrexim was not envisaged, "

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As for PrivatBank, Marchenko admitted that his "

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" But this is a more complicated process than just talking about it, "

In addition, the Ministry of Finance, as the owner of the bank, receives dividends in the budget - about a billion dollars annually..

The Cabinet of Ministers is unambiguously ready to talk about privatization only for Oschadbank and Ukrgasbank, and even then with certain clarifications.

Oschadbank, there are different approaches here. There is a possibility of either privatizing the bank at once, or attracting the EBRD - this option is also currently being considered. None of these paths contradict each other, "

The only bank, on the privatization of which the Minister of Finance spoke out unequivocally, is Ukrgasbank.

" There is interest in this bank, its privatization, we are ready to consider it "

At the same time, the minister clarified the situation with the entry into the capital of Ukrgasbank by IFC (International Finance Corporation - ed..

" The purpose of IFC's entry into capital is to create the highest value for Ukrgas. Giving it more quality. This is the idea of \u200b\u200bentering. But in general, neither IFC nor the EBRD are going to be the owners of Ukrainian state-owned banks.. As a partial participation in capital in order to help us in further sale - this is so "

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Recall that for three quarters of 2021, the profit of Ukrainian banks increased by a third, but at the same time, 50% of the net profit of all Ukrainian banks was earned by state-owned banks, and the most rapid growth in income was demonstrated by banks with foreign capital..