KYIV, Aug 8 - Ukrainian banks in April-July 2018 focused on work with retail clients, according to the "Banking Sector Survey" for August posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).
Banks, in particular, continued to heavily lend to the retail clients: in the second quarter in comparison with the first quarter net hryvnia loans to individuals increased by 7.4%. Due to this, the quality of the loan portfolio statistically improved: the share of non-performing loans at the end of June was 55.7% against 56.4% at the beginning of April.
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