Ministry of Finance: Entrepreneurs received 1,162 preferential loans totaling UAH 4.4 billion over the past week

Over the past week, under the State Program “Affordable Loans at 5-7-9%,” representatives of micro, small, and medium-sized businesses received 1,162 preferential loans totaling UAH 4.4 billion from 48 authorized banks, of which 884 loans worth UAH 2.6 billion came from state-owned banks.

Since the beginning of 2026, under the “5-7-9%” Program, entrepreneurs have received 13,855 loans totaling UAH 60.8 billion, of which 8,793 loans totaling UAH 25.7 billion were provided by state-sector banks.

During the period of martial law in Ukraine, 113,543 loans totaling UAH 431.2 billion were issued (including 81,060 loans totaling UAH 210.9 billion from state-sector banks), of which, as of May 11 of this year:

- UAH 65.14 billion – for investment purposes;

- UAH 85.97 billion – to finance working capital;

- UAH 55.56 billion – loans for agricultural producers;

- UAH 72.46 billion – for agricultural processing;

- UAH 6.46 billion – for financing energy services;

- UAH 56.82 billion – for anti-war purposes;

- UAH 75.66 billion – for lending in high-war-risk zones.

In total, since the Program’s launch, 148,365 loan agreements have been signed for UAH 520.8 billion, of which 101,536 agreements totaling UAH 237.6 billion were signed by state-owned banks.

The Government, in particular the Ministry of Finance, continues to work on improving instruments to support Ukrainian businesses and attract funds from international partners for the development of entrepreneurship through affordable financing.

The development of the state programmes Affordable Loans at 5-7-9%, Affordable Financial Leasing at 5-7-9% and Affordable Factoring contributes to job creation, economic accessibility and business support during the war.

The state continues to make all necessary compensation payments to businesses under loan agreements concluded within the framework of the Programme.

The Programme is implemented by the National Development Institution (NDI), which began its work on 1 January 2026 in accordance with the Law of Ukraine. The Ministry of Finance is authorised to manage the corporate rights belonging to the state in the authorised capital of the NDI and has approved its Charter. This completed the process of institutional transformation of the Business Development Fund (BDF) into the National Development Institution (NDI).