KIEV, Oct. 7 – The National Bank of Ukraine will create a center to respond to cyber security incidents in the banking system and the payment space of Ukraine, the NBU announced.

"Previously, our efforts were focused on individual transactions such as interbank payments or transactions with payment cards ... Now we should consider the issue of appropriate cyber security in a much broader scope and concentrate on ensuring cyber security of all financial and banking sector," the statement says citing Deputy Governor of the NBU Yakiv Smoliy.