Business peciliarities in Ukraine and Bealrus
foreign investors' appetite towards investing in Ukraine. The EBRD, which is the largest
foreign investor in Ukraine, is putting a lot of efforts and pressure on Ukrainian government
and the President trying to achieve commitment from government officials to fighting
corruption on all levels.
Please watch - EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti: Corruption in Ukraine must be fought on
all levels at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuFv1FtADUg
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1.3. Banking system
As of January 1st, 2013, Ukrainian banking system consists of 175 banks. Despite significant
number of banks, the banking system is reasonably concentrated assets of Ukraine's 10
largest banks (measured by total assets) provided 53% of the banking system total assets as
of January 1st, 2013. Assets of Ukraine's largest bank, Privatbank, were 15% of total assets in
the banking system as of January 1st, 2013.