Owners of Nova Poshta to establish a financial inclusion bank based on the acquired entity
The National Bank of Ukraine has granted permission for the acquisition of 100% of the capital of JSC BTA BANK by the Nova group of companies. Volodymyr Popereshniuk and Viacheslav Klymiv will become the owners of the financial institution. This is reported by the portal PromPolitInform, citing information from the National Bank of Ukraine.
The corresponding decision was made by the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine on November 12, 2026, following a comprehensive analysis of the submitted documentation. The key investor is NovaPay Invest LLC, which directly received the right to acquire a full stake in the bank’s charter capital. Indirect control over the institution will pass to the co-founders of the Nova group, Volodymyr Popereshniuk and Viacheslav Klymiv, who will own shares through a number of controlled structures.
Purpose of the financial institution acquisition
The purchase of BTA BANK is the starting stage for the implementation of the Nova group’s strategic plans for developing new financial products. The investors intend to form a financial inclusion bank, a specialized institution introduced into Ukrainian legislation in June 2025. By the time the deal is completed, the owner of 100% of the financial institution’s capital remains Kazakh citizen Kenes Rakishev.
Specifics of financial inclusion bank operations
Such institutions operate on the basis of a limited banking license and are focused on providing secure services in regions with special conditions. This primarily concerns frontline and de-occupied territories, where the operation of classic branches is complicated due to security threats or technical problems with communication. The implementation of such a model became possible thanks to a memorandum with the International Monetary Fund and relevant legislative amendments.
According to World Bank estimates, as of 2021, the financial inclusion indicator for the population in Ukraine was 84%, which is significantly lower than the target level of 95%. The full-scale war exacerbated the problem of access to services due to the destruction of infrastructure and the forced closure of branches in many settlements.
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