KIEV, Nov. 19 – The National Bank of Ukraine may toughen requirements on the formation of reserves for consumer credits by banks as part of the fight to improve the situation with the balance of foreign trade, according to Petro Poroshenko, the head of the NBU Council.

"Of course, the NBU will react to this, as the security for the return of these credits is the smallest. The NBU will demand an increase in reserves for such credits," he told the press on Tuesday.