Results of the NBU’s 18 March 2026 transactions to resupply banks with foreign-exchange cash:
- declared volume of transactions – USD 100 million and EUR 30 million
- participants – two banks
- total demand – one bid for USD 50 million and one bid for EUR 30 million.
Overall for 9–18 March 2026, the supply of foreign exchange declared in the transactions exceeded the actual demand from banks by a significant margin. This confirms there is no shortage of foreign-exchange cash.
The NBU stands ready to continue to provide banks with as much FX cash as is necessary. The frequency and size of such transactions will depend on the banking system’s demand.
The decision to conduct these measures to supply banks with FX cash was adopted by the NBU on 6 March as a preventive step to support, if necessary, banks’ FX cash liquidity due to the illegal seizure of Oschadbank’s cash-in-transit vehicles in Hungary and the need for banks to have enough time to reroute their supply chains. These transactions by the NBU do not affect the level of Ukraine’s international reserves.