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PrivatBank, Raiffeisen Bank Aval, UkrSibbank, FUIB, and OTP Bank were in the lead in terms of profitability.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) says most of operating banks in Ukraine, or 66 out of 76 solvent banks, posted profit in January-June 2019 (H1), while 10 financial institutions reported loss in the first half of the year.
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The most profitable were such solvent banks as PrivatBank (UAH 18.3 billion, or US$719.9 million), Raiffeisen Bank Aval (UAH 2.4 billion, or US$94.4 million), UkrSibbank (UAH 1.5 billion, or US$59 million), PJSC First Ukrainian International Bank/FUIB (UAH 1.3 billion, or US$51.1 million), and OTP Bank (UAH 1.3 billion, or US$51.1 million).
Five banks posted the highest losses: Ukrsotsbank (UAH 473 million/US$18.6 million), Sberbank (UAH 298 million/US$11.7 million), Bank Credit Dnipro (UAH 36 million/US$1.4 million), Misto Bank (UAH 22 million/US$865,460), and Pravex Bank (UAH 20 million/US$786,782).
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's operating banks in January-June 2019 posted UAH 31 billion, or US$1.2 billion, in net profit, which was four times up year-over-year.