FEATURES OF BANKS' CREDIT ACTIVITIES IN WAR CONDITIONS

Keywords: credit, bank lending, loan portfolio, non-performing loans, refinancing, monetary policy, banking system

Abstract

The article is devoted to the current issues of bank lending activity in wartime. The analysis of bank lending activity for the period 2014-2025, the share of the loan portfolio in GDP, the volume of non-performing loans by bank groups is considered, and special attention is paid to the role of banks with state capital. The features of the lending activities of banking institutions were identified and systematized. The results of the study allowed us to determine the ways in which banks' lending activities function under martial law, taking into account its impact on the social and economic aspects of the state. The main prospects for the development of economic policy are substantiated, which are necessary as a system of measures for active bank lending to the real sector. In times of war, the role of bank lending increases significantly, as it becomes one of the key instruments for stabilizing the economy, supporting business, the defense sector, and the social sphere. The extremely difficult economic situation in Ukraine during the martial law period directly affected the lending activities of banking institutions. The full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine directly and painfully affected the economy of the state, including the lending activities of banks. Credit relationships between clients and financial institutions have been disrupted: a decline in population incomes and a significant increase in the number of enterprises that have stopped their activities have led to significant problems in the lending sector. All these conditions have led to the fact that banks have begun to make significant efforts to avoid disruptions in the banking system, ensure data and information protection, and increase the reliability of the non-cash payment infrastructure, to maintain the financial stability of the banking sector, as well as financial, price and exchange rate stability in the real sector of the economy. All this determines the relevance of this study, because the development of credit activity in wartime is one of the state's priority areas, since this will maximally meet the needs of the national economy in credit resources.

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2025-09-29
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IrshakО., Moryak, T., & Vladychyn, U. (2025). FEATURES OF BANKS’ CREDIT ACTIVITIES IN WAR CONDITIONS. Economy and Society, (79). https://doi.org/10.32782/2524-0072/2025-79-174
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FINANCE, BANKING AND INSURANCE