April 25, 2023
Press Release
In March 2023, the banks put into liquidation and managed by the Deposit Guarantee Fund (hereinafter – the DGF) settled the claims of their creditors in the amount of UAH 1,081.8 million.
Of this amount, almost UAH 55 million was directed to settle the third priority claims (including the DGF expenses to pay out the covered deposits), UAH 52.5 million was channeled to settle the fourth priority claims (claims of individuals exceeding the guaranteed amount), and UAH 974.3 million was applied to pay out the seventh priority claims (legal entities not related to the banks in question).
In January-March 2023, the amount of satisfied creditors’ claims totaled UAH 1,763.5 million, of which UAH 150,000 was directed to the priority settlement of claims of the secured creditor – the National Bank of Ukraine.
In general, as of April 1, 2023, UAH 61,617.2 million was paid to the creditors of the insolvent banks, of which UAH 17,027.0 million – to the secured creditors inclusive of UAH 15,746.3 million directed to the NBU (including due to foreclosure on encumbrance items and property of the guarantors).
It is to be recalled that the funds received from the liquidation and sale of property (assets) of the insolvent banks are channeled by the DGF to satisfy the claims of these banks’ creditors. Given the low quality of assets, the market value of which is much lower than the nominal one, many creditors’ claims remain unsatisfied due to insufficient assets of such banks. In this regard, the DGF takes the necessary measures to implement the provisions of Article 52 of the Law of Ukraine on the Household Deposit Guarantee System and to bring the related parties (owners and management of banks), whose actions and decisions caused losses to the insolvent banks, to responsibility. All funds recovered by the DGF from these activities are directed to satisfy the claims of the banks’ creditors.
As of April 1, 2023, in accordance with Article 52 of the Law of Ukraine on the Household Deposit Guarantee Scheme, 80 lawsuits were filed by the DGF against 51 banks. The total number of defendants related to these banks is 938. The total amount of the stated claims is UAH 144,949.8 million. The total amount of the DGF claims satisfied by court decisions that have entered into force equals more than UAH 435 million.
In addition, the DGF has filed 33 civil suits within pending criminal proceedings against 22 banks. The total number of civil defendants is 66 persons. The total amount of claims is UAH 23,690.5 million.
At the same time, according to the results of the criminal proceedings and based on the court decisions as of April 1, 2023, the DGF initiated 6 lawsuits against 6 banks to recover the damages caused by criminal offenses. The total number of defendants is 6 persons. The total amount of the stated claims is UAH 5,175.5 million. The total amount of the DGF claims, satisfied according to the court decisions that have entered into force, exceeds UAH 2,537 million.
See detailed monthly data on repayment of the creditors’ claims on the DGF official website in Failed Bank section (in Ukrainian).