OREANDA-NEWS. February 1, 2013. Following the results of 2012, the annual profit of PrivatBank is to be the record one for the Ukrainian banking system. The bank’s net profit for the last year is supposed to exceed UAH1.5 billion (according to the National Bank of Ukraine, the total profit of all Ukrainian banks for the eleven months of 2012 made up UAH4.358 billion).

According to the bank’s statement of financial position in 2012, the assets of PrivatBank increased by 19% up to UAH172 billion (according to the bank’s statement of financial position as for December 31st, 2011 the assets totalled UAH145 billion), the bank’s regulatory capital is UAH16.4 billion (the total equity of 176 Ukrainian banks as for January 1st, 2013 amounted to UAH169.8 billion).

Last year, the number of PrivatBank’s customers increased by 16%. The bank serves over 18 million individuals, 137 enterprises and over 600 thousand private entrepreneurs. The bank serves over 2 million customers daily, and every third of them uses the innovative banking services via Internet, ATMs and self-service terminals of the bank.

The finalized profit performance will be published after the auditing of the bank’s financial statements, including the international auditing of the bank.