Peculiarities of Bank Liquidity Regulation under Martial Law

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to systematize methodical approaches to managing the liquidity of banks during the period of extreme volatility in the conditions of war, measures of the National Bank of Ukraine in the field of supervision and regulation of the liquidity of individual banks. The stability of the banking system, its liquidity, and the ability to perform basic functions are of utmost importance under martial law. Correct resolution of issues related to the regulation of banks’ liquidity for the formation of sustainable sources of funding is the basis for expanding lending, which is especially important in the context of significant destruction of the State-owned property, property of enterprises and the population. In the current wartime conditions, Ukrainian banks must maintain adequate liquidity, remain solvent, while lending to customers. The implementation of supervision and regulation in the field of ensuring the bank liquidity is complicated by the matter that the traditional factors influencing it were supplemented by specific factors of war, which caused a sharp drop in economic activity and GDP, withdrawal of funds from accounts, panic about the national currency exchange rate, a significant decrease in demand for financial services, interruptions in the operation of payment systems during blackouts, changes in financial monitoring resulting in a significant expansion of sanctions lists and termination of servicing residents of the aggressor country. Therefore, Ukrainian banks need to use anti-crisis liquidity management instruments (taking into account the regulatory field), which are adaptive in nature and take into account the totality of external factors influencing a viable banking business model under martial law. Further research on the factors influencing the bank’s liquidity, systematization of elements of the process of supervision and regulation of the bank’s liquidity, methods and relevant instrumentarium under martial law remain extremely important.

Keywords

• regulation
• supervision
• risks
• liquidity
• banks
• assessment
• martial law.