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InterviewsFebruary 28

Ukraine war: how do you keep a bank going during a conflict?

Oleksandr Pysaruk, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Ukraine, discusses the challenges the bank faced following the Russian invasion
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Ukraine war: how do you keep a bank going during a conflict?Oleksandr Pysaruk, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank in Ukraine, in a meeting in a bomb shelter in Vinnytsia during an air-raid alarm

Two years ago, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine from the ground to the skies. As millions fled for safety, the country’s banks — the anchor of the nation’s financial system — hunkered down. 

Remarkably, today nearly all Ukrainian banks are adequately capitalised, profitability has been at record levels and the banking sector has shown “considerable resilience”, according to Fitch Ratings.

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