Bill No. 9107 has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada, which actually reverses the legislation of Ukraine in terms of the grounds for the nationalization of banks, since it allows the state to take ownership of a private bank that has no problems with either liquidity or capital. The bill is intended to resolve the impasse with Sens Bank (formerly Alfa-Bank), which remained the last Russian bank on the Ukrainian market, but the state could neither liquidate nor nationalize it.
The text of the bill is not yet available, but the head of the NBU, Andriy Pyshny, gave the order to prepare a bill that would allow the nationalization of Sens Bank in February of this year.. Therefore, in general terms, the concept of the bill is clear.
Back in October 2022, Ukraine imposed sanctions on the co-owner and largest shareholder of Alfa-Bank Mikhail Fridman. But the state could not do anything with this bank, since, on the one hand, there were no provisions in the legislation of Ukraine that would allow the nationalization of a problem-free bank. On the other hand, the state also could not liquidate this bank, since the bank is classified as a system bank and has a large number of depositors in Ukraine.
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Why the bill is unprecedented, said ZN expert. UA Julia Samaeva:.
[quote type\u003d" However, since the beginning of a large-scale war, the NBU does not apply the requirements for the capital of banks. So the only reason for the nationalization of Alfa-Bank (now Smysl Bank) was the lack of liquidity.
Indeed, in the first half of 2022, liquidity outflows in the bank were. But later they stopped, the bank returned to " And the NBU lost the basis for nationalization. And it is impossible to liquidate Alfa-Bank, since it is a systemic bank with a large number of individual clients. This bill should help the National Bank find these grounds, if, of course, the regulator still has such a desire.. After its adoption, we hope that no one and nothing will interfere with this. So to speak, the law makes sense. [/quote].