Sense Bank

Ukrainian state-owned bank

Sense Bank is a bank in Ukraine, which is part of the Russian holding company with an office in Luxembourg ABH Holdings S.A. It was rebranded as Sens bank in 2022.[3]

JSC SENSE BANK
Company typeJoint stock company
IndustryCommercial bank
Financial services
FoundedMarch 24, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-24). Licence: No. 61 of 1 December 2022, Parent company: ABH Holdings S.A., Luxembourg. Auditor: RSM International
Headquarters,
Number of locations
210 branches and 706 ATMs, served 1.5 million natural and legal persons. Head office: 100 Velyka Vasylkivska St., Kyiv
Key people
Roman Shpek — Chairman of the Supervisory Board,
Rafal Juszczak — General Manager,
Alla Komisarenko — Chairperson of the Management Board,[1]
Simeon Djankov — authorized person of the substantial interest holder
ProductsConsumer banking
Corporate banking
Investment banking
RevenueEquity: UAH 2.623 bln (31 December 2015)[2]
Increase UAH 527 million (1 April 2019)
Total assetsIncrease UAH 96.8 bln (1 March 2021)
OwnerMikhail Fridman, Pyotr Aven, German Khan
Number of employees
5000 persons (18 July 2022)
WebsiteSenseBank.ua

Sense Bank has become a part of the joint banking network POWER BANKING, created at the NBU’s initiative. It means that 74 critical branches of Sense Bank will operate even during long-term blackouts. All of them are equipped with alternative energy sources and backup communication channels.

The bank is owned by citizens of Russia. As of September 2022, the beneficiaries of the bank are Russian oligarchs Andriy Kosogov (40.96%), Petro Aven (12.4%) and Mykhailo Fridman (32.86%).[4][5]

Founded in 1993, as of 2021 it is among the ten largest financial institutions in the country in terms of assets, is a member of the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund[6] and is included in the systemically important banks of Ukraine.

According to the NBU, as of March 1, 2021, the bank's assets amounted to UAH 96.8 billion. According to the bank, as of January 1, 2021, the bank had 210 branches and 706 ATMs. As of July 18, 2022, the bank served more than 3 million individuals, 55,000 legal entities, 82,000 self-employed individuals, and employed almost 5,000 employees.

References change

  1. "Структура власності компанії АТ «СЕНС БАНК»". opendatabot.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. "Annual report for 2015" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). alfabank.ua. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  3. "Через місяць один з українських банків змінить назву". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  4. "Банк АТ 'АЛЬФА-БАНК'". web.archive.org. 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2022-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Рокування в "Альфа банку". Який сенс у збереженні власності російських олігархів в Україні". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  6. "Банки - учасники Фонду гарантування вкладів фізичних осіб". web.archive.org. 2020-12-04. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)