The National Bank of Ukraine has announced the start of stimulating currency liberalisation. The new steps are aimed at attracting foreign investment and boosting business activity.
According to the NBU press service, companies will now be able to carry out foreign exchange transactions in excess of the established restrictions – within the investment limit, which is equal to the amount of funds invested by foreign investors in the charter capital of Ukrainian companies from 12 May 2025.
In addition, a number of important innovations are envisaged:
- Expanding financing opportunities for Ukrainian businesses abroad;
- payments within the framework of court proceedings on contractual disputes with non-residents are allowed;
- limits on payments with corporate cards abroad were increased;
- certain forward transactions are allowed;
- the procedure for paying consular fees has been simplified;
- servicemen can open any account, not only for financial support.
At the same time, the NBU imposed new restrictions:
- banks are prohibited from terminating currency supervision if a non-resident returns funds to an importer in hryvnia;
- a monthly limit of UAH 500,000 was introduced for payments for certain services abroad with foreign currency cards.
“The goal is to stimulate the inflow of additional capital into the Ukrainian economy,” the NBU stressed.
