Ukrainian banks, which have agreed with the proposal of the National Bank of Ukraine on the reduction of interest on loans to the real sector of the economy, will receive loans from the NBU refinancing, head of the National Bank of Ukraine Serhiy Arbuzov said in interview with Bloomberg in Tokyo, where he participated in the meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF.
Arbuzov said that on October 9, he met with the leaders of the twenty largest banks in Ukraine. During the meeting, Arbuzov suggested banks increasing lending to key sectors of the Ukrainian economy, bearing in mind agriculture, infrastructure, and mining in the first place.
"The banks, which have agreed to reduce the cost of credit, will be refinanced by the NBU. We will try to do this on an almost automatic basis. Banks, which have listened to my point of view, will make a profit, and pretty much," Arbuzov said.
Head of National Bank also focused on the fact that domestic banks, which will activate the originating of loans to the real sector of the economy at reasonable rates, can get cheap refinancing from the National Bank, despite the possible increase in interest rates on the interbank market.
