KIEV, Feb. 20 – France's BNP Paribas, the majority shareholder in Kharkiv-based UkrSibbank, in 2009 plans to close 100 out of 950 departments of the third largest bank in Ukraine and cut jobs.

According to the bank, in the conditions of the suspension of the issue of new credits, the retail and corporate credit portfolio will be restructured, and efforts will be directed to the collection of payments on credits.