National Bank of Ukraine

National Bank of Ukraine
Національний банк України
Headquarters9, Instytutska st, Kyiv, 01601
Coordinates50°26′50″N 30°31′52″E / 50.44722°N 30.53111°E / 50.44722; 30.53111
Established1991
Ownership100% state ownership
GovernorAndriy Pyshnyi
Central bank of Ukraine
CurrencyUkrainian hryvnia
UAH (ISO 4217)
Reserves$40.5 billion
Bank rate25.0% (from June 03, 2022) UAH 20.20%, FE 4.80% (January 2019)
Interest on reservesUAH 13.0%, FE 2.60% (January 2019)
Preceded byGosbank (in Ukrainian SSR territory)
Websitebank.gov.ua/en/

The National Bank of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний банк України, romanized: Natsionalnyi bank Ukrainy [nɐts⁽ʲ⁾ioˈnɑlʲnɪj ˈbɑnk ʊkrɐˈjinɪ]; abbr. NBU [НБУ]) is the central bank of Ukraine. Created in 1991 from the Ukrainian operations of the Soviet Gosbank, the NBU employs over 12,000 people, making it one of the largest employers in the financial sector in Ukraine. It regulates and supervises activities, functions and the legal status of public and commercial banks based on the principles of the Constitution of Ukraine and the law of Ukraine.