Ukraine is ready to consider the sale of state-owned Sense Bank. As well as the privatization of the share of Ukrnafta.

This was announced by Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko, Forbes reports.. She noted: the goal of the state is to leave in its management "

“We are ready to privatize Sense Bank, as well as consider the sale of the Ukrnafta share, which is in dire need of modernization.”. Where the private sector can effectively turn around and modernize unprofitable companies, the market must work,” it said..

At the same time, she emphasized: also within the framework of public-private partnership, Ukraine is considering the possibility of a concession of the Black Sea port. And interest in this, according to Sviridenko, is already visible "

In general, state -owned banks in Ukraine 7. These are:.

This allows the state to control more than 50% of the banking market. Which is a lot - according to international experience, you should limit yourself to no more than 25%.

However, they intend to send most of the state banks for privatization. As Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said in the fall of 2024, only Oschadbank and Ukreximbank are not going to sell exactly.

" We have no strategies to privatize these two banks. We will talk about other banks," He also recalled that in the case of Ukrgazbank before the war, an agreement was reached on entering its capital at a 25% international financial corporation (IFC).

In turn, Deputy Minister of Finance Yuri Draganchuk noted at the same time: foreign buyers are interested in acquiring Sense Bank. Foreigners also considered the possibility of buying Ukrgazbank " These are Ukrgasbank and Sense Bank, and we are actively preparing them for sale. We received these signals at the end of last year (2023. - Ed. ) "