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Before his appointment as head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in October 2022, Andriy Pyshnyi’s biography contained six high-profile episodes that still have not received public explanations. This was stated in a blog post by former NBU Council chair Bohdan Danylyshyn, who served in 2016–2023.
“All six episodes are tied together by one question: why did numerous scandals, dubious managerial decisions, and possible conflicts of interest not become obstacles to Andriy Pyshnyi’s career?” Danylyshyn writes.
The first episode concerns education. On 21 May 2026, two rulings from the Zarichnyi District Court of Sumy dated 2007 appeared in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions about employees of the Sumy branch of the University of Modern Knowledge falsifying study documents for three people. Economist Borys Kushniruk claims that one of them was Pyshnyi and that these documents enabled him to enroll directly into the fourth year of the Ukrainian Academy of Banking. In the anonymized rulings Pyshnyi’s surname is not specified. Danylyshyn also cites a ruling of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv that obliged the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) to respond to a complaint about possible falsification of Pyshnyi’s educational documents.
The second episode is the agrogroup “Kreativ,” a major borrower of Oschadbank. In 2016 the NABU opened proceedings regarding possible embezzlement of $20 million from the bank; in 2019 the group’s founder, former MP Stanislav Berezkin, was given a suspicion. Pyshnyi was not charged. At its peak, Kreativ’s annual revenue exceeded $1 billion, and the company employed 3200 people. According to Danylyshyn, under Pyshnyi’s leadership Oschadbank refused to restructure Kreativ’s debt and filed 23 lawsuits, after which some of the company’s assets passed to competitors. “All of this strongly resembled a raider scheme,” he noted.
The third episode is lending to the Kyiv complex Gulliver. The initial loan from Oschadbank and Ukreximbank in 2006 amounted to $61,6 million, and after a series of restructurings the debt of TOV Try O, whose ultimate owner is believed to be businessman Viktor Polishchuk, grew to $675 million by 2020. The restructurings in 2019–2020 took place during Pyshnyi’s tenure, with repayment terms extended to 2044. Only in July 2025 did the state banks register ownership rights to the complex.
The fourth episode is a house of 891,7 sq. m near Kyiv registered to Pyshnyi’s daughter. In 2024 OBOZ.UA reported that it is located next to the plot of Serhiy Slyusarenko, co-owner of the debt collection company Ukrborg, which is under NBU supervision. The regulator said it saw no conflict of interest and reminded of a fine imposed on Ukrborg. Danylyshyn also points to links with the law firm Asters, which worked with Oschadbank. At the same time, he concedes that the existence of expensive real estate by itself does not indicate wrongdoing.
The fifth episode is the trip by Oschadbank leadership to the Europa League final in Warsaw in 2015. Pyshnyi, with his wife, deputies, and supervisory board members, flew on a charter costing 459 thousand UAH. Media reported involvement of third-party companies in payment. The Prosecutor General’s Office launched an inquiry, and the bank said the flight was paid for with personal funds.
The sixth episode is the attempt in 2019 to extend Pyshnyi’s powers as chairman of the board of Oschadbank for another five years without a competition. The NBU blocked this by not approving five of nine new supervisory board members. Danylyshyn links this to the position of then NBU chair Yakiv Smolii. In 2020 Pyshnyi declined to participate in the repeated competition.
Danylyshyn also mentions media reports about Pyshnyi’s close ties with former Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak.
Recall that on 21 October NABU and SAP conducted searches at the NBU and at the residence of one of its employees. According to media, the investigative actions concerned Pyshnyi’s office and residence. No one was detained, no suspicions were issued. Pyshnyi said the searches “do not concern the activities of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the official duties of the NBU chair.” The National Bank denied reports about its chair’s resignation.
People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak (Holos) reported that the Verkhovna Rada may consider a resolution to dismiss Pyshnyi on 12 November. As of 3 November there is no draft resolution on the parliament’s website. According to Zheleznyak, in a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Pyshnyi refused to resign. Under the Constitution, the Rada dismisses the NBU chair on the president’s submission.
In August, the Rada’s finance committee chair Danylo Hetmantsev (Servant of the People) demanded Pyshnyi’s resignation after NABU uncovered a money-laundering scheme through the state-owned Sense Bank. According to the investigation, a payment of 150 million UAH went through the bank and was used as collateral for former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko.
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