The National Bank of Ukraine eased currency restrictions and started implementing a policy of stimulating currency liberalization. About this reported NBU press office.
According to the regulator, the purpose of such a step is to activate the inflow of additional capital into the Ukrainian economy.
“Ukrainian enterprises have been given the opportunity to carry out separate currency operations beyond the established limits within the investment limit. It is equal to the amount of funds attracted from May 12, 2025 to the authorized capital of these enterprises from foreign investors”, the message says.
In addition, a number of additional relaxations came into effect. From now on, Ukrainian companies have expanded financing options for their foreign representative offices, can make payments related to legal proceedings due to violations of foreign economic contracts by non-residents, and have also received increased limits for payments with corporate payment cards abroad.
It is allowed to carry out separate currency transactions under forward contracts. It also became possible to pay consular fees to the accounts of Ukrainian diplomatic institutions abroad. For military personnel, a simplified procedure for opening any type of account, not just current accounts for the payment of financial support, is being introduced.
At the same time, the National Bank pointed out some new restrictions. In particular, banks are prohibited from completing foreign exchange supervision of an import transaction if the non-resident returned the hryvnia funds to the importer from a foreign bank account. The application of the monthly limit of 500,000 was also expanded. hryvnias for payments abroad using payment cards tied to currency accounts opened in banks of Ukraine, for payment of certain categories of services.
