The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects a 2.8% growth in remittances in 2017 due to an increase in the number of Ukrainians working in the European Union and the United States, according to the NBU's inflation report for April.
The decision by the Russian Federation to ban money transfers to Ukraine through the international payment systems without opening an account will not affect Ukraine’s banking system, First Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Yakov Smoliy told UNIAN.