KIEV, Nov. 4 – The National Bank of Ukraine plans to lift restrictions on purchase of foreign currency to pay dividends, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva told reporters in Kiev on Monday after a meeting with heads of 40 largest banks in Ukraine.

"If we don't do this, one cannot even dream of the arrival of large business and large foreign funds here," she said.

"Soon we'll lift the restriction," she added.