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Finance and banking

Finance and banking refers to the field of economics covering banking systems, monetary and credit relations, and financial markets and instruments, including lending, payments and currency. This page brings together tkmedia.org's news and analysis on the banking sector, international financial assistance, National Bank of Ukraine regulation and other developments in finance.

SWIFT headquarters in Brussels. Nearby are other symbols of the postwar world order: the European Commission and NATO. Photo: bbc.com

What It Means to Cut Russia Off from SWIFT as an Economic Sanction and Why It Is Not So Simple
Photo: minfin.ua

IMF approves $700 million tranche for Ukraine under stand-by program
Photo: bbc.com

Scammers Created Cryptocurrency Based on "Squid Game" and Stole $3.3 Million From Investors
Photo: nv.ua

Attack on Skhemy Journalists: Metsger Fired as Ukreximbank Chairman and Placed Under Night House Arrest
Photo: eximb.com

Schemy Publish Major Investigation into Ukreximbank
Photo: dtkt.ua

Hundreds of percent per year: NBU requires microfinance companies to transparently disclose loan information
Frame from Radio Liberty video.

Attack on Skhemy journalists at bank: restored video, Metzger's regret and suspension, NBU reaction and protest outside the bank
Photo: 24tv.ua

German Officials Pressure Ukraine Over Dubious 1991 Debt: NBU Response and Details of Claims
Photo: coinlife.com

El Salvador Becomes First Country to Make Bitcoin Official Currency as Rate Plunges and Residents Protest
Photo: reuters.com

Ukraine receives $2.7 billion from IMF and may get new stand-by loan tranche
Photo: obozrevatel.com

Media: Alfa-Bank Prepares to Buy Monobank to Take Control of Ukraine's Loan Market
Photo: rozetked.me

Reddit's War on Wall Street: Stock Market Upheaval in the US, Support for GameStop and Criticism of Robinhood
Photo: itc.ua

Above $19,800: Bitcoin Price Hits Record High
Kyrylo Shevchenko. Photo: liga.net

NBU Head Travels to US for Talks with IMF
Photo: ssu.gov.ua

SBU Blocks Financial Pyramid That Embezzled $250 Million From Depositors. Likely B2B Jewelry
Igor Kolomoisky. Photo: 112.ua

US Government Sues Kolomoisky, Accusing Him of Laundering Money Stolen from PrivatBank
Tomas Fiala, rau.ua

This Is the Last Straw: Dragon Capital CEO Says Ukraine Investment Suspended After NBU Chief Resigns
Photo: unian.net

Kolomoisky Under US Investigation for Alleged Laundering of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Photo: AFP

Economic Collapse, Hunger, Protests and an Appeal to the IMF. What Is Happening in Lebanon?
"I'm a Complete Layman in Economics": What Honcharuk Said in a Scandalous Recording from a Meeting

"I'm a Complete Layman in Economics": What Honcharuk Said in a Scandalous Recording from a Meeting