Fighting bank drops or threat to businesses. Why are card transfer restrictions being tightened?
The NBU says that thanks to the memorandum with the banks, they will be able to cancel the restrictions ahead of schedule. The banks plan to create a registry of drops' cards
Ukrainian banks signed a Memorandum on ensuring market transparency on December 10. The memorandum was signed by the National Bank, the Association of Ukrainian Banks (AUB), the Independent Association of Banks (NABU), and four large issuing banks: JSC Oschadbank, JSC Raiffeisen Bank, JSC KB PrivatBank, and JSC Universal Bank (monobank).
They account for about 65% of the population's money and about 88% of active payment cards. Other Ukrainian banks also want to join this memorandum.
Its main goal is to reduce the shadow economy and combat money laundering and drop schemes.