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monobank

Bank acquirer · Issuer

UkraineUkraineFounded 1994
Revenue
UAH 27.2B(Всього доходів, JSC Universal Bank, FY2025) · as of 2025
Employees
2,834
Headquarters
Kyiv, UA

What it does

The retail brand of AT Universal Bank, which holds NBU licence 92 and is the acquirer of record. Its business arm sells acquiring to merchants as a QR stand, a mobile POS on the seller's phone, a rented POS terminal, or the plata by mono checkout for a site or app.

Deals

  • Dec 2016·acquired by TAS Group (Serhiy Tihipko) — TAS Group, owned by Sergey Tigipko, completed its purchase of Eurobank's Ukrainian subsidiary Universal Bank on 23 December 2016 after regulatory approvals, without disclosing a price. The National Bank of Ukraine approved the qualifying holding on 16 December 2016, and the shares are held through Cyprus-registered Bailican Limited.
1tracked executive
Who runs it

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