KIEV, June 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine, effective June 30, is to toughen the requirements for the obligatory reservation of deposits in foreign currency by 1-1.5 percentage notches - in particular, for short-term accounts and deposits of companies and individuals from 8% to 9% and for long-term deposits – from 2% to 3%.

According to NBU resolution No. 248 of June 19, 2012, which was sent to the banks on Wednesday, the requirement for reserving called deposits in foreign currency of companies and individuals and funds on current accounts was increased from 8.5% to 10%.