To remind, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) endorsed a filing on a purchase of 99.9% shares of VS Bank from the Ukrainian businessman mr. Serhiy Tygipko willing to arrange the deal via his Bailican Limited registered in Cyprus.
VS Bank was previously Elektron Bank registered back in 1991 and later becoming Volksbank until December 2013. According to NBU, VS Bank held 28th spot among 88 active banks in Ukraine in terms of assets, as of July 1, 2017.
At this, Russian Sberbank operates its Sberbank in Ukraine too. In March 2017, Sberbank of Russia announced sales of 100% shares in Sberbank Ukraine to a consortium of investors including Norvik Banka associated with mr. Grigoriy Guselnikov and Said Gutsariev, a son of the owner of oil refining company Russneft.
Later NBU blocked the sale of the Russian subsidiary in Ukraine to Norvik Banka appealing to the sanctions imposed due to the annexation of Crimea and sponsoring of war in the Donbass region of Ukraine.
In September, NBU voiced that Sberbank Ukraine is of interest to some another undisclosed non-resident entity.
