Ukraine’s Nationwide Financial institution advises avoiding “dangerous international locations” after abduction of Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards in Hungary

The Nationwide Financial institution of Ukraine has beneficial that banks finishing up cross-border transportation of valuables ought to alter their routes and keep away from travelling by international locations the place such shipments threat being disrupted.

Supply: Andrii Pyshnyi, Head of the Nationwide Financial institution of Ukraine

Quote: "We’ve been in communication with all banks that perform cross-border transportation of valuables. Our suggestion is to regulate their routes and rule out any journey by the territory of nations the place there’s a threat of shipments being blocked."

Particulars: Pyshnyi stated the Nationwide Financial institution's place is evident: the regulator absolutely helps the actions taken by Oschadbank to guard its workers and safe the return of the international forex.

He famous that it has been normal follow to move money overland since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Up till 2022, such operations had been usually carried out by air.

Pyshnyi added that the volumes of international forex being transported by banks are additionally nothing out of the extraordinary. Money-in-transit automobiles make related journeys on behalf of Oschadbank and different banks each week.

Background:

  • On the evening of 5-6 March, Ukraine's International Minister Andrii Sybiha reported that the Hungarian authorities had taken seven Ukrainian residents who labored for Oschadbank hostage and seized cash and valuables.
  • A crew from the Nationwide Financial institution of Ukraine is travelling to Budapest to make clear the scenario relating to the detention of the Oschadbank cash-in-transit workers.

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