Anti-corruption Activities

General Information on Anti-corruption Activities

The bank employees, officials, and Chief Executive Officer, in their internal activities and legal relations with business partners, state authorities, and local self-government bodies are guided by the principle of zero tolerance for any corruption manifestations and shall take all measures stipulated by applicable law to prevent, detect and counteract corruption and corruption-related actions (practices).
 

The bank has implemented its Anti-corruption Program which is developed on the basis of the principles set forth in the UN Convention against Corruption (ratified in Ukraine by Law No. 251-V (251-16) dated October 18, 2006), pursuant to Article 62 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”.
 

This Anti-corruption Program is a set of rules, standards and procedures for detection, counteraction and prevention of corruption in the bank’s activities. The Program establishes standards and requirements no less in scope and content than stipulated by the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” and the Typical Anti-corruption Program, approved by the decision of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention. The current version of the Anti-corruption Program was approved by the decision of the Supervisory Board as of September 13, 2024 (minutes No. 43/24).
Text of the Anti-corruption Program is publicly available for the bank employees, officials, and its business partners, posted on the official website and internal informational resources of the bank.
 

For the compliance with the Anti-corruption Program, in the bank:

• was appointed the ABC Officer (Anti-Bribery and Corruption Officer);
• were organized channels for sending reports on possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offences and other violations of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” or the Anti-corruption Program, namely: a special “Stop Corruption” channel for employees on the bank’s internal resources, a special “Stop Corruption” channel on the bank’s official website, a phone number for calling, a special email address (posted on the bank’s official website and in the internal informational resources);
• is conducted a constant monitoring of the Anti-corruption Program implementation. Results of the monitoring are reflected in the Report on Results of Monitoring implementation of the Anti-corruption Program for 2024.
• The corruption risk assessment regarding activities of the JSC CB “PrivatBank” has been made in the form of a self-assessment for 2024. Based on its analyzed results, it may be concluded that corruption risks are at low level in most activity areas of the bank.

How to report corrupt actions of an employee?

If you have information about violations against requirements of the anti-corruption legislation committed by employees of the JSC CB “PrivatBank”, in the event of having available justified and reasonable belief that the information is reliable, report these facts to the ABC Officer of the JSC CB “PrivatBank”.

The information in the report must relate to particular bank employees and contain actual data on their violation of the anti-corruption legislation, which can be verified.

Please note, Article 53 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” (hereinafter shall be referred to as the “Law”) stipulates that whistleblowers and their close persons are protected by the state.

Pursuant to Article 53-3 of the Law, a whistleblower, inter alia, has the right to:

• be informed of his/her rights and obligations stipulated by the Law;
• submit evidence in support of his/her report;
• receive confirmation on acceptance and registration of the report from the authorized body to which the report has been filed;
• provide explanations, testimonies or refusal to provide thereof;
• to confidentiality;
• report about possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offences, other violations of the Law without indicating information about oneself (anonymously);
• receive information about the status and results of consideration, inspection and/or investigation based upon the fact of his/her reported information.
   

The report on violation against requirements of anti-corruption legislation by employees of the JSC CB “PrivatBank” can be submitted (inter alia, anonymously):

Via the special Stop Corruption channel
By the phone number: +38(063) 427-95-19
To the email: stop.corruption@privatbank.ua

The information is emailed to the address which Valentyn Nosach, the ABC Officer of the JSC CB “PrivatBank” has access to.

The information so received will be used as a source of the decision-making regarding inspections or other responses made pursuant to the Law.

Consideration of reports on violations of anti-corruption legislation is carried out by the ABC Officer of the JSC CCB “PrivatBank”.
A person or a family member may not be dismissed or forced to dismissal, brought to disciplinary liability or subjected by a manager or an employer to other negative measures of influence (transfer, certification, change of working conditions, refusal to appoint to a higher position, reduction of salary, etc.) or the threat of such measures of influence due to his/her reporting on a violations against requirements of the Anti-corruption Program or law by other person.
Information about a whistleblower may be disclosed only with his consent, except in cases where stipulated by law.
Requirements for anonymous reports on violations of the Law and the procedure for their consideration are defined by the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”.
The report on the violation against the requirements of the Law may be filed without indicating the authorship (anonymously).
An anonymous report on the violation against requirements of the Anti-corruption Program, the Law shall be considered if the information included therein is related to a particular person and contains actual data which can be verified.
If the information provided in the report on the violation against the requirements of the Anti-corruption program or the Law is confirmed, then shall be taken the measures to cease the detected violation, eliminate its consequences and bring the guilty persons to disciplinary liability, and in cases where detected the signs of a criminal or administrative offence, a specially authorized entity in the field of anti-corruption shall be informed as well.
The applicant may also file a corresponding report on the violation against requirements of anti-corruption legislation committed by employees of the JSC CB “PrivatBank” to specially authorized entities in the field of anti-corruption (prosecutor’s offices, National Police, National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine, National Anti-corruption Agency).