KYIV, Aug 8 – Ukrainian fintech industry remains insufficiently developed due to weakness of the financial sector and the absence of investment in the country, according to the KPMG Pulse of Fintech report for H1 2018 posted on the website of KPMG in Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 8 – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has proposed that the volume of wheat exports from Ukraine in the 2018/19 agricultural year (July-June) is fixed at 8 million tons, the Ukragroconsult consulting agency reported.

KYIV, Aug 8 – Primary registration of electric cars (new and used) in Ukraine in January-July 2018 grew by 64% year-over-year, to 2,490 cars, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

KYIV, Aug 8 - The volume of private money transfers to Ukraine in January-May 2018 increased by 30% compared to the corresponding period of 2017, to $4.5 billion, Head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Bohdan Danylyshyn said.

KYIV, Aug 8 - Ukrainian banks in April-July 2018 focused on work with retail clients, according to the "Banking Sector Survey" for August posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Aug 9 – China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) on August 8, 2018, began dredging on the offshore maritime approach channel to Chornomorsk Port and in the operating area of the first boot basin of the Sukhy estuary.

KYIV, Aug 8 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny will expand the claim against Russia's Gazprom over the transit contract in the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce from $13 billion by $5 billion. The company is waiting for the decision by December 2017, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chief Commercial Director Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Aug 8 – There are no risks for gas transit via the Ukrainian gas transport system (GTS) as capital investment in the system is growing, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Commercial Director Yuriy Vitrenko said.

KYIV, Aug 8 - Production of passenger cars in Ukraine in July increased by 51% compared with the same month in 2016, to 405 units, according to preliminary data from the Ukrautoprom association.

KYIV, Aug 9 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has accumulated 13.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in the underground storage facilities and with the current pumping pace the company would accumulate 16 bcm by the 2017/18 heating season, Naftogaz Chief Commercial Director Yuriy Vitrenko has said.