The National Bank permitted banks to repay loans before maturity to non-resident banks with the rating, not lower than А3/А-, acknowledged by one of global rating companies – Fitch Ratings and/or Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s, Finance.UA reports.
This decision was approved by the regulator’s board resolution №33 dd. April 13.
The banks will also be able to repay before the maturity the loans, disbursed by foreign lenders, with the funds, obtained from placement of debt securities beyond Ukraine.
It was previously reported that by this resolution, NBU also permitted the repatriation of dividends in 2016, amounting to USD 5 mln, by one company within a month.
As reported, in February, the National Bank increased the maximum volume of foreign currency, purchased by the banks on the interbank currency market, from 0.1% up to 0.5% from the amount of regulatory capital.
