NovaPay applies for EMI license in Europe

The financial company NovaPay, which is part of the Nova Poshta group of companies, the leader of express delivery in Ukraine, is in the process of obtaining a European license of the Electronic Money Institution (EMI), said Viacheslav Klymov, co-founder of Nova Poshta. “NovaPay will develop, like the whole group – to create international expansion. … Read more

Fitch reverts DTEK Renewables’ rating to ‘CC’ after temporary ‘RD’ due to bond buyback

Fitch Ratings has downgraded DTEK Renewables B.V.’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to ‘Restricted Default’ (RD) from ‘C’, following the company’s disclosure of the result of its tender offer. Fitch has simultaneously upgraded the IDRs to ‘CC’, reflecting DTEK Renewables’ post-restructuring profile with continuing high default risk. Fitch regards DTEK Renewables’ tender … Read more

NACP adds Metro Cash&Carry to list of intl sponsors of war

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has included Metro Cash&Carry in the list of international sponsors of the war, the agency’s press service has reported. As noted in the press release, the decision was made due to the position of the company’s management to continue operations in Russia. In addition to the retail business, … Read more

Ukraine’s anti-graft agency declares Auchan international sponsor of Russia’s war

Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention or NACP has declared French corporation Auchan Holding an international sponsor of war, the agency reported on Feb. 23. The corporation was added to the list as it had refused to stop financing the terrorist state since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and continues to operate in Russia. … Read more

Ukraine’s anti-graft agency declares P&G international sponsor of war

Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention or NACP has declared U.S. multinational consumer goods corporation P&G (Procter & Gamble) an international sponsor of war, according to the agency’s list of such sponsors, published on the official website. The corporation was added to this list because it continues to operate in Russia, according to Ukraine’s Economic Security Council, … Read more

Agri-giant Kernel buys terminal in Pivdennyi port to use in grain corridor

Kernel Agricultural Holding has acquired the OilExportTerminal in Pivdennyi port, the company announced in a Facebook post on Jan. 25. Kernel CEO Yevhen Osypov called the new asset strategically important for the company, given the lack of oil transshipment at Mykolaiv terminals. In the 2019-2022 marketing years, Mykolaiv accounted for about half of the total … Read more

Ukraine’s largest steel company cuts output by five times, but is still working

Metal production levels at the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel mill fell fivefold in 2022, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Mauro Longobardo has said, reporting last year’s results. “Because of full-scale war in Ukraine, decrease in export opportunities and limitations of power supply, production capacities of ArcelorMittal KryvyiRih (AMKR) were loaded by not more than 20-25% … Read more