Sense Bank
| Company type | Public Joint stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | March 24, 1993 |
| Headquarters | , Ukraine |
Number of locations | 210 branches and 706 ATMs, served 1.5 million natural and legal persons. Head office: 100 Velyka Vasylkivska St., Kyiv |
Key people | Acuner Sevki — Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Olena Zubchenko — Acting Chairman of the Management Board Oleksii Blinov — chief economist |
| Products | Consumer banking Corporate banking Investment banking |
| Revenue | Equity: ₴2.623 bln (31 December 2015) (31.12.2015) |
| ₴527 million (1 April 2019) | |
| Total assets | ₴96.8 bln (1 March 2021) |
| Owner | Ministry of Finance (Ukraine) |
Number of employees | 4000 persons (2023) |
| Website | sensebank |
The Public JSC Sense Bank (Ukrainian: ПАТ "Сенс Банк", romanized: PAT 'Sense Bank') is one of the largest Ukrainian banks. Prior to its nationalization in July 2023, it was owned by ABH Financial Limited and ABH Ukraine Limited. Previously called Alfa-Bank (legally it was not connected with the Russian Alfa-Bank, but it had the same shareholders); on December 1, 2022, the name of the bank was changed to Sense Bank.
The bank was founded in 1993. In early 2024, it was confirmed by the National Bank of Ukraine as one of the country's systemically important banks. The bank is also a member of the Ukrainian Deposit Guarantee Fund.
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the bank was rebranded to Sense Bank. Directly following the invasion millions of hryvnias of the bank's budget were allocated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense units. In 2022 the bank largest shareholder was Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman (32.86%). They controlled the bank through ABH Financial Limited and ABH Ukraine Limited. In April 2023 the National Bank of Ukraine declared the holding companies used to control the bank, ABH Financial Limited and ABH Ukraine Limited, "dubious" and instated a temporary ban on the use of its voting rights (100% of the voting rights of Sense Bank). On July 21, 2023 the Shmyhal Government (the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine) nationalised the bank.