The hryvnia individual deposits decreased by 1.846 billion hryvnias or 0.8%. The total retail deposit portfolio decreased to UAH 232.923 bln.
In solvent banks, in January 2018, UAH individual deposits decreased by UAH 1.846 billion or 0.8%, Finclub reports quoting NBU data on Tuesday, February 13.
Thus, the total retail deposit portfolio decreased to UAH 232.923 bln.
It is noted that for 2017, the individual deposits increased by 19.1% from UAH 197.112 bln.
Two thirds of banks managed to increase the retail deposit portfolio in 2017.
Less than third of institutions observed the withdrawal; the outsiders included all the banks with Russian public capital.
The preferences of depositors change slowly; they want to wait out difficult times in state banks or subsidiaries of international banking groups.
