Delta Bank
Delta Bank, which previously encountered problems with the return of deposits from individuals, is also refusing to return funds from corporate clients' deposits.
As the National Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine has learned, two major bank depositors, Interecoplast and Nadiya Trading House, are currently trying to recover their foreign currency deposits from the bank through the courts, totaling $16,3 million and $22 million, respectively.
"The Kyiv Commercial Court, where we filed our claim, delayed its consideration by as much as two months, scheduling hearings for both cases in the final days allowed by procedural law. We appealed to the court to expedite the hearing: our funds have been frozen in a deposit at Delta Bank for six months, and our businesses are on the verge of shutting down. Meanwhile, the bank continues to use nearly forty million dollars at its own discretion," said lawyer Vasyl Melnyk, who is leading the legal battle between the depositors and the bank.
Delays in court proceedings and the bank's reluctance to return the funds forced the companies to appeal to the National Bank. In their appeal, the affected companies point to Delta Bank's gross violations of banking legislation and request that the regulator verify the bank's compliance with its contractual obligations and, if violations are identified, apply legally prescribed enforcement measures and sanctions to facilitate the return of deposits. However, the NBU chose to remain silent: corporate depositors were not even provided with a response regarding the measures taken, despite all legally established deadlines having already passed.
"Our appeal to the NBU was simply ignored. We are not seeking sanctions against the bank, but rather the regulator to verify the legality of its actions, evaluate them, and, within its authority, influence the bank. It is not returning companies' deposits or paying interest on them. Businesses are left without working capital, their normal operations are blocked, production is on the verge of halting, and hundreds of people will have to be sent on unpaid leave," Melnyk said.
According to the lawyer, if the NBU continues to ignore the bank's depositors' problems, they will be forced to appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office to restore their rights and hold bank employees accountable.
As is known, legislation obliges the National Bank to apply a special control regime to those banks that fail to fulfill their obligations to clients and creditors.
"We can now only count on an objective decision from the Kyiv Commercial Court if, given the current difficult situation in the financial system, the NBU has simply withdrawn from resolving the problems of corporate depositors," the lawyer said.
Delta Bank previously faced problems with the return of retail deposits. Restrictions were imposed on ATM withdrawals for cardholders. Due to liquidity issues, Delta Bank was forced to turn to the NBU, from which it received a refinancing loan of approximately UAH 10 billion to maintain liquidity.
National Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine
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