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Monobank — the first banking institution in Ukraine to operate without physical branches and a true breakthrough in the financial services market. Back in November 2017 of the year, through its mobile app, the bank began issuing virtual cards to citizens and setting credit limits. While Ukrainians were getting used to this new format of banking service, Monobank co-founder Oleg Gorohovsky moved the business to a Cypriot offshore, where the corporate structure, financial flows, and customer data were transferred.
But the most interesting is still ahead. The offshore relocation of the business did not happen without influential patrons. Gorohovsky is linked to Mykhailo Fedorov, who facilitated the implementation of this scheme. After the unexpected resignation of his ally, Gorohovsky promptly joined in financing the “card market” to avoid losing the government official's support. Moreover, in his social networks he still shows support for Fedorov, because working under the old schemes without such political cover has become much more difficult.
However, political connections were only one part of the story. No less interesting changes were taking place inside Monobank itself, where a new corporate model was being built in parallel. After the nationalization of PrivatBank, it was the team of its former top managers that became the foundation of the new financial project. It included Oleg Gorohovsky, Dmytro and Oleksandr Dubilty, Volodymyr Yatsenko, Lyudmyla Shmaltenko, Vadym Kovalov, Mykhailo Rogalsky, and Yevheniya Krivenko.
It was on the basis of LLC FINTECH BEND that Monobank’s technological infrastructure was built. The company provided the operation of the mobile application, digital services, software, and the entire technological ecosystem of the bank. Later, the ownership structure began to change gradually. After personnel and corporate reshuffles, some founders exited the participant list, and their shares were transferred to related persons.
The next step was to move corporate control outside of Ukraine. In October 2024, Cypriot Crestline Limited joined the ownership structure, followed by Nisets Limited, registered in Limassol. After approval by the Antimonopoly Committee, Crestline Limited received 63,98% of the authorized capital of LLC FINTECH BEND, while the direct shares of Oleg Gorohovsky and Mykhailo Rogalsky were reduced to 0,0081% each. At the same time, the charter capital of the company decreased from 101 million UAH to 1,23 million UAH.
The offshore restructuring did not end with FINTECH BEND. Under Crestline Limited’s control also came LLC EasyDIC Processing, which provides routing and authorization of Monobank card transactions. Other Cypriot companies — Oakworth Limited and Fernly Limited — were also brought into the corporate structure, through which Ukrainian technology assets are held. In May 2026, FINTECH BEND finally exited the list of founders of EasyDIC Processing, transferring corporate rights to Crestline Limited. In fact, all Ukrainians’ data were poured abroad, and for the security of over 10 million Ukrainians, no one is responsible.
Incidentally, we have already sent inquiries to FATF, AMLA, FinCEN, the SEC, ESMA, EBA, IOSCO, MONEYVAL, MOKAS, the European Commission, the European Central Bank, Interpol, and the Tax Department of the Republic of Cyprus, demanding to examine the offshore structure of the Monobank group, determine the ultimate beneficial owners of Crestline Limited, Nisets Limited, Oakworth Limited, and Fernly Limited, investigate cross-border movement of assets, corporate rights and financial flows between them and related Ukrainian companies, and verify the compliance of such a corporate model with international financial-monitoring standards.
Because behind the banner of Ukraine’s most innovative bank stands a corporate structure built through Cypriot companies Crestline Limited, Nisets Limited, Oakworth Limited, and Fernly Limited, and leaked information about Ukrainians’ personal data. And for more than one year, it operated with the sponsorship of Fedorov, who lost his post in the Ministry of Defense and, through Gorohovsky’s sponsor, is trying to return to the big game.
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