(The news story has been updated with details)
The National Bank of Ukraine has introduced a temporary administration at PromInvestBank, one of Ukraine's biggest banks, a central bank source told Ukrainian News.
«The temporary administration was introduced on October 7,» he said.
This decision was passed by the NBU board on October 7 with regard for the situation over the bank.
Deputy head of the central bank Volodymyr Krotiuk has been appointed head of the temporary administration.
As Ukrainian News reported, Petro Poroshenko, the head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine, did not rule on September 7 the possibility of appointment of a temporary administration to run PromInvestBank.
PromInvestBank repeatedly said that corporate raiders were launching attacks on it with the aim of forcing its current owners to sell it.
The National Bank of Ukraine allocated a total of UAH 5 billion for supporting PromInvestBank's liquidity in late September.