KIEV, Aug. 11 – The National Bank of Ukraine has demanded that banks only send bids of current importance with realistic exchange rates to the agreement validation system on the interbank currency market.

"Banks are to submit only bids of current importance with realistic exchange rates [which reflect the realistic needs of clients and the bank] to the agreement validation system on the interbank currency market to carry out transactions on the purchase or sale of cashless foreign currency for hryvnias with other banks," reads an NBU Monday letter to banks.