The National Bank of Ukraine continues to ensure a high level of security and reliability of interbank transfers in domestic currency effected through the NBU System of Electronic Payments  (hereinafter –  the SEP).

In H1 2016, the SEP has ensured the execution of 97% of interbank transfers in domestic currency inside Ukraine, whereas 3% of such transfers were effected through the correspondent  accounts opened by banks with other banks. 

147 million of initial payments amounting to UAH 9,320 billion were processed through the SEP, which was  

which was by 4 % more in terms of the quantity and by 20.0% more in terms of the amount compared with H1 2015.

The interbank transfers are effected through the SEP in a batch mode and a real-time mode. The majority of initial payments (99.6%) were made through the SEP in a file mode.

In Hi 2016, on average, 1,224,000 initial payments amounting to UAH 78 billion were processed daily.

The average daily balance of the SEP accounts amounted to UAH 54.38 billion, and the average turnover rate for accounts of SEP participants was 1.42.

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The SEP is a national banking payment system through which interbank funds transfers are effected through accounts opened with the NBU.

The SEP ensures the execution of settlements between banks inside Ukraine   at the instruction of bank customers as well as under the obligations of banks and other system participants.