{"id":154477,"date":"2025-09-09T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154477\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-wants-tighter-control-over-bank-profits","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154477\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka wants tighter control over bank profits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 9, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Banks operating in Belarus sometimes use their profits for purposes other than declared, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told National Bank executives and bank managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Increases in bank commission fees remain largely uncontrolled, his press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We cannot think exclusively in terms of profit and must strive for profit through fairness,\u201d the Belarusian ruler said. \u201cRemember, we have around 2.5 million pensioners and about 2 million people living in rural areas. Has the National Bank become too lax, letting go of the reins in managing bank revenues?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, \u0141uka\u0161enka told central bank\u2019s head Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka that part of profits from banks operating in Belarus should be directed to finance the economy, noting that profit expansion caused imbalances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/150821\/\">Government\u2019s cap on bank profits may affect recapitalization programs \u2013 expert<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 9, Pozirk. Banks operating in Belarus sometimes use their profits for purposes other than declared, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has told National Bank executives and bank managers. Increases in bank commission fees remain largely uncontrolled, his press office quoted him as saying. &#8220;We cannot think exclusively in terms of profit and must strive for profit through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76186,"template":"","rubric":[17],"class_list":["post-154477","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka wants tighter control over bank profits | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 9, Pozirk. 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