KYIV, Feb 25 – The number of active cards in the Mastercard payment system in Ukraine in the fourth quarter of 2019 grew by 4.3%, to 25.97 million, while its key rival – Visa – had 6.9% less cards, to 10.52 million, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Feb 25 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is ready to join the projects aimed at assisting the Azov Sea area in Ukraine, Head of the EIB Resident Representation for Ukraine Jean-Erik de Zagon said.

KYIV, Feb 25 - Kernel, one of the largest Ukrainian agrarian groups, has received a $48 million long-term loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), as well as a $8 million loan from the Clean Technology Fund for the construction of a combined heat and power plant (CHPP) on sunflower husk, EBRD Senior Advisor for External Affairs Anton Usov said on Facebook.

KYIV, Feb 25 – The project of Norway's NBT to build a wind farm with a capacity of 750 MW in Zaporizhia region would face some face intractable challenges, taking into account oversupply of generating capacities in the region and the absence of preliminary studies of the area, Board Chairman of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) Andriy Konechenkov has said.

KYIV, Feb 25 – Kharkiv armor enterprises of the Ukroboronprom State Concern – Malyshev Plant and Morozov Design Bureau – are ready to start bulk production of hulls of BTR-4 armored personnel carriers (APC) under the public defense procurement in 2019.

KYIV, Feb 25 - Capital investments in Ukraine for 2018 increased by 16.4%, while for 2017 by 22.1%, the State Statistics Service has said.

According to the State Statistics Service, some UAH 526.3 billion of capital investments were used in 2018 (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and the joint forces operation area).

KYIV, Feb 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has postponed the application of the international bank account number (IBAN) until early August 2019 from April 1, 2019, the director of the department of payment systems and innovative development of the central bank, Oleksandr Yablunivsky, has said.

KYIV, Feb 26 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has expressed disappointment with the fact that national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy has failed to meet a gas production target.

KYIV, Feb 26 – State-owned enterprise Spetstechnoexport, a member of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, has presented new promising areas of defense cooperation between Ukraine and India to the top officers of the Defense Ministry of India at Aero India Show 2019 held on February 20 through February 24 in Bengaluru (India).

KYIV, Feb 23 - GE Transportation and state railroad company Ukrzaliznytsia signed a 15-year framework agreement worth about $1 billion on partnership in the renewal and modernization of locomotives.