The National Bank has standardized the rules for organizing the protection of critical infrastructure in the financial sector

The National Bank of Ukraine, performing functions related to the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of critical infrastructure protection, normalized key rules for organizing the security of critical infrastructure facilities in the financial sector.

In particular, the NBU established a clear procedure for defining and categorizing such objects among banks, non-bank financial services market participants, payment systems, and technological operators of payment services. Rules for the development of security passports for these facilities have also been defined, and the requirements for cyber security in the banking system have been improved.

These measures are aimed at strengthening the resilience of the financial infrastructure to modern threats and ensuring the uninterrupted provision of financial services, as well as improving regulatory regulation in the field of cyber security. Norms that regulate these issues, fixed in the resolution of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine dated June 27, 2025 No. 69 “On critical infrastructure of the financial sector”, which will enter into force on July 8, 2025.

At the same time, the National Bank of Ukraine is phasing out the wartime easing that was put in place to support the banking system at the start of a full-scale invasion. In particular, the full application of influence measures in case of violation of open currency position limits and prudential standards is restored. If previously sanctions were not applied for these violations due to the circumstances of the war, now the corresponding exceptions are canceled.