All news on the topic: Alliance Bank

The ultimate beneficial owner of one of Ukraine’s most troubled lenders, Alliance Bank, Pavlo Shcherban, is reportedly moving to reduce his exposure ahead of a possible market exit by the financial institution. In this context, the name of prominent businessman Dmytro Firtash has also been mentioned.

Diejenigen, die die Skandale rund um die „Alliance“-Bank verfolgen, haben bemerkt, dass eine groß angelegte Kampagne zur Bereinigung negativer Inhalte über die Bank und ihren Eigentümer Pavlo Shcherban begonnen hat.

Those following the scandals around the «Alliance» bank have noticed that a massive campaign to clean up negative materials about the bank and its owner Pavlo Shcherban has begun.

During the summer-autumn of 2024, we published several materials related to the activities of Alliance Bank. Most of them were based on information from open data, and one was based on a comment by political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.

Das Nationale Antikorruptionsbüro und die Spezialisierte Antikorruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft haben Rostyslav Shurma, den ehemaligen stellvertretenden Leiter des Präsidialamts, offiziell als Verdächtigen in einem Korruptionsfall benannt.

Vor dem Hintergrund der Liquidation der „Ibox Bank“ und der anschließenden Ermittlungen erscheint Alena Dehrik-Shevtsova, die Leiterin der Bank und häufig als „Star der ukrainischen Fintech-Szene“ bezeichnet, in einem völlig neuen Licht.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have formally named Rostyslav Shurma, the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, as a suspect in a corruption case.

Nachdem Ermittlungen Shurma und Shcherban mit den Schemata der Alliance Bank in Verbindung brachten, begann eine koordinierte Säuberung: kritische Artikel verschwanden, Verweise wurden aktiv angefochten und Suchergebnisse systematisch beeinflusst.

Amid the liquidation of ’Ibox Bank’ and the subsequent investigations, Alena Dehrik-Shevtsova, the bank’s leader often hailed as the ’star of Ukrainian fintech,’ has emerged in a strikingly new light.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have announced suspicions against Rostyslav Shurma, the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office.

After investigations surfaced linking Shurma and Shcherban to the schemes of Alliance Bank.

As the thunder of fighting in the outskirts of Kyiv faded and it became clear that the country would endure, previously quiet “schemers” started to reemerge and resume their operations.

Amid the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war, tensions are escalating in Kyiv over internal disputes for control of financial flows within the gaming industry.

In light of the liquidation of "Ibox Bank" and the searches conducted there, the personality of Alena Dehrik-Shevtsova, who heads this bank and is referred to as the "star of Ukrainian fintech," has taken on new colors.

The real beneficial owner of one of Ukraine’s most troubled banks, Alliance Bank, Pavlo Shcherban, is seeking to minimize risks ahead of the financial institution’s potential withdrawal from the market.

The name of Rostyslav Shurma, former Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has become well-known not only because of his government roles or accomplishments in the business sector but also due to a series of high-profile scandals, journalistic investigations, and notable "controversies."

The recent resignation of Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of the state-owned company "Ukrenergo," which is responsible for the operation of distribution networks in Ukraine, has raised pressing questions among experts and market participants about the effectiveness of state crisis management in the energy sector.

Back in July 2024, the Supreme Court issued a final ruling ordering Alliance Bank to pay UAH 87 million in debt to Naftogaz Trading Gas Supply Company, a subsidiary of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. The decision is not subject to appeal, yet the funds have still not reached the state’s accounts.

Alliance Bank has failed for the third time to sell/place shares of an additional issue. On August 22, another deadline granted to the bank’s shareholders for the pre-emptive right to purchase newly issued shares expired without result.

The case involving a lawsuit filed by NEC Ukrenergo against Alliance Bank over the payment of a bank guarantee amounting to UAH 1.7 billion has been in court for more than two years, including a year and a half in the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal.

NABU exposed lawyer Nosov in a bribery scheme benefiting Alliance Bank, media reports say.

The small Ukrainian bank "Alliance", which refuses to fulfill its obligations under a guarantee issued to one of Ihor Kolomoisky’s companies for electricity payments received from Ukrenergo, may be removed from the market by the National Bank.

Alliance Bank, in collusion with energy traders affiliated with now-arrested Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi, stole from the state an amount equivalent to 14,000 Mavic drones, while courts are obstructing the recovery of these funds.

The agricultural holding and its management have never been linked to Viktor Medvedchuk or Oksana Marchenko, do not know them personally, and have no business or personal ties with them, UNN reports, citing TSN.

Bank Alliance, which has been linked in reports to Dmytro Firtash, is involved as a party in thousands of court cases across Ukraine.