NBU caps cash withdrawals and fixes the hryvnia exchange rate

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) ограничил cash withdrawals from an account to a daily limit of 100,000 hryvnias. Cashless operations are not restricted.

“We do not restrict any cashless operations. We restrict cash withdrawals from a client’s account to 100,000 hryvnias per day, this does not include salaries and social payments,” said Kyrylo Shevchenko, head of the central bank.

Banks continue to operate in uninterrupted mode, ATMs are replenished with cash without limits.

According to the official statement of the NBU:

• The Ukrainian foreign exchange market has been suspended, except for clients selling foreign currency;
• Cash withdrawals in foreign currency from client accounts are prohibited, except for enterprises and institutions ensuring mobilization plans;
• A moratorium has been imposed on cross-border currency payments;
• Banking services for disbursement operations on accounts of residents of the Russian Federation have been suspended;
• The issuance of electronic money, top-ups to electronic wallets with electronic money, and the distribution of electronic money have been suspended.

The National Bank of Ukraine exchange rate on 24 February was fixed at 29.25 hryvnias per dollar, 33.17 hryvnias per euro.

As of 24 February, cyberattacks on all core information resources of the country continue.

Users also report outages in the Telegram messenger.

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