Financial companies and credit unions will become members of the Credit Register
The National Bank of Ukraine is increasing the number of participants of the Credit Register who have access to information from the register and who submit data to it. Now, in addition to banks and the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund, financial companies and credit unions are joining the register. The press service of the regulator informs about this.
Corresponding changes are established by the updated Regulations on the Credit Register of the National Bank of Ukraine in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Financial Services and Financial Companies". The Regulation also defines:
• lowering the size of the threshold value for providing information by lenders (banks, financial companies, credit unions) and the Deposit Guarantee Fund of individuals to the Credit Register to 50,000 hryvnias;
• lowering the size of the threshold value for providing information from the Credit Register to 10 minimum wages (80,000 UAH - from April 1, 2024 in accordance with the Law "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2024");
• expansion of the list of information that lenders and the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund will provide/receive to/from the Credit Register.
The Regulation on the interaction of financial companies and credit unions with the National Bank regarding the Credit Register of the National Bank of Ukraine was also approved, which, in particular, defines:
• procedure for providing detailed information by financial companies and credit unions to the Credit Register of the National Bank of Ukraine;
• the procedure for providing a financial company / credit union with information from the Credit Register and a detailed list of such information.
The above changes were approved by the resolutions of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine: