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The National Bank of Ukraine in October 2026 applied enforcement measures to five financial institutions — two banks and three nonbank companies. The largest fine was imposed on Sense Bank — 25 million UAH; Oschadbank must pay 10 million UAH. The total amount of monetary penalties exceeds 38,5 million UAH.
This was reported by Dilo citing the regulator’s press service.
The NBU also fined the pawnshop "Kredit Ukraine," and the financial companies "Artua" and "Finoffice."
Why the NBU fined Sense Bank and Oschadbank
The largest fine of 25 million UAH was imposed on JSC "Sense Bank." The regulator found violations of legislation in the field of financial monitoring.
In particular, the bank improperly applied a risk-based approach in its operations and failed to ensure proper customer verification.
Oschadbank was fined 10 million UAH. Among the identified violations were shortcomings in customer due diligence and in applying a risk-based approach.
In addition, the NBU found that the bank improperly complied with requirements to provide the regulator with information and documents upon request. Client questionnaires also contained data whose accuracy was not confirmed by documents available to the bank.
Thus, the total amount of fines for the two banks is 35 million UAH.
What sanctions the nonbank financial institutions received
Among nonbank institutions, the largest fine was imposed on LLC "Pawnshop Kredit Ukraine" — 2,747 million UAH. The reason was violations of requirements regarding the organization and conduct of initial financial monitoring.
Specifically, the NBU found deficiencies in internal risk management procedures, customer verification, and application of a risk-based approach. The institution also failed to provide adequate enhanced checks for clients who are family members of politically exposed persons and did not fully provide the regulator with requested documents and information.
Separately, the pawnshop received a written warning for violations of currency legislation. This concerns conducting currency transactions with nonresident individuals without the appropriate NBU license, as well as improper maintenance of registers of bought and sold cash foreign currency.
LLC "FC "Artua" was fined 799 thousand UAH. The regulator identified a number of deficiencies in the company’s financial monitoring system.
In particular, the institution improperly organized internal procedures for risk management, client verification, and client questionnaires. There were also violations related to work with politically exposed persons, storage of client documents, and the formation of relevant lists.
In addition, the company untimely or incompletely fulfilled NBU requirements for submitting information and reporting on the results of internal checks.
Another fine was imposed on LLC "FC "Finoffice" — 17 thousand UAH. The reason was failing to submit separate statistical reporting on currency transactions to the National Bank.
How much the NBU fines total
As a result of the enforcement measures applied in October, the total amount of monetary penalties to the five financial institutions is 38,563 million UAH.
The largest portion of this amount falls on the banks — Sense Bank and Oschadbank, which together received fines totaling 35 million UAH.
The NBU continues to supervise financial institutions’ compliance with legislation in the areas of financial monitoring and currency regulation. Detected violations may lead to fines and other enforcement measures.
Recall that in October the National Bank of Ukraine applied enforcement measures to six nonbank financial institutions: it issued written warnings to three companies, required another financial company and a pawnshop to eliminate violations, and fined a payment institution 680 thousand UAH.
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