Lending in Ukraine reached a new record high in July. According to the National Bank, the total volume of loans granted by banks to companies and Ukrainians increased by 2% and amounted to UAH 1 trillion 235.201 billion, Ukrainian News reported Dengi.ua .
It is noted that since the beginning of 2025, the portfolio of loans in the economy has grown by 11.6% compared to the figure of UAH 1 trillion 106.8 billion at the beginning of the year. In July, the volume of hryvnia loans for legal entities rose by 2.5% and reached 656.777 billion UAH.
It is reported that business loans in foreign currency for the same period rose by 0.2% and amounted to the equivalent of UAH 252.522 billion. The volume of lending to households increased by 2.7%, reaching UAH 316.111 billion.
At the same time, in July there was an increase in interest rates: on hryvnia loans for business they increased by 1.4 p.p. to 16.9%, for individuals. - To 16.9%, for individuals - by 0.3 p.p. and amounted to 36.2%. Rates on foreign currency loans for companies remained at 5.9%.
