KYIV, May 14 – In January-March 2021, Ukrainian banks continued to increase the hryvnia loan portfolios of businesses and the population after falling in the first half of 2020 due to the coronavirus crisis, according to the banking sector review published on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Thursday.

According to it, in the first quarter, the volume of net assets of the banking sector increased by 0.7%, including a noticeable increase in the volume of funds on accounts with the NBU, interbank assets and the loan portfolios of clients.