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youtube приватбанк
OSINT screening of the public YouTube presence linked to JSC CB «PRIVATBANK» (channel @PrivatBankUKR) and the underlying Ukrainian systemically important bank · report youtube-privatbank-1
Data access: 2026-05-26
Type: Official bank YouTube channel + platform layer
Jurisdiction: Ukraine (bank) · US (YouTube / Google)
Infrastructure: Google AS · AWS (privatbank.ua)
Final verdict
⚠️ Proceed with restrictions
22 / 100
0–20 · Low risk (borderline) — official channel and bank registry signals are coherent; main residual risk is third-party impersonation on YouTube and mandatory manual sanctions / channel-ownership checks.
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FieldContent
Nameyoutube приватбанк — interpreted as ПриватБанк Україна on YouTube (@PrivatBankUKR) and legal entity АТ КБ «ПриватБанк» / JSC CB «PRIVATBANK»
Registration No.ЄДРПОУ 14360570 · NBU ID 305299 · LEI 8945005WHA3OZKWIGJ69
CountryUkraine (bank); United States (YouTube operator — Google / Alphabet)
Websitehttps://privatbank.ua · channel youtube.com/@PrivatBankUKR
Contact personNot specified in request; NBU lists Board Chair Mikael Björknert (bank)
PurposePre-contract OSINT screening · lang=en
Documents providedNone (open sources only)
Data collected2026-05-26
Open questionsWhether engagement is with the channel (marketing/PR) or the bank (financial services); confirm YouTube link on privatbank.ua footer/social block in your locale; full ДРС / ЄДРСР session if deal is material.
⚖️ Risk assessment
CriterionTriggeredPointsFactual basis
Sanctions (official lists)no*0No automated hit on 14360570 in this pass; ДРС / consolidated lists — requires manual check
Connection to RF / RB / occupied territoriesno0NBU: ultimate owner of substantial participation is State of Ukraine confirmed fact
Bankruptcy / insolvencyno0NBU institution card: status solvent (платоспроможний) confirmed fact
Tax debtno*0DPS registers not queried in this run
Enforcement proceedingsn/a0ASVP not run for channel subject; bank-scale enforcement needs manual ASVP if relevant
High litigation activitycontext0Long-running public disputes around 2016 nationalisation — descriptive context only, not a rubric trigger for the channel
Frequent director changesno0NBU leadership listing stable in public card at access date
Recent UBO changeno0State ownership structure unchanged in NBU disclosure
Related companies with issuesn/a0Affiliate graph not mapped in this screening
Negative media coverageyes4confirmed fact PrivatBank and industry media document active phishing / social-engineering schemes; Securelist (2025) notes YouTube Shorts abuse patterns — ecosystem risk, not proof the official channel is fraudulent
Tender violations / competition authorityn/a0Prozorro / AMCU not applicable to YouTube channel intake
Intermediate sum4Rubric triggers only
Integral score (institution + channel)22Baseline ~18 for solvent state-linked system bank +4 media/ecosystem impersonation pressure
Final risk score22 / 100COMPLETE — Range: 0–20 · Low risk (upper border; scored 22 for conservatism on impersonation)

Score does not treat missing ДРС data as automatic guilt; +4 reflects verified public fraud-awareness context around the brand on digital channels.

🚩 Main red flags

No critical red flags on the official channel identity sampled (handle @PrivatBankUKR, video descriptions pointing to privatbank.ua / privat24.ua). Residual flags are operational / ecosystem:

1 YouTube ecosystem impersonation and phishing (brand abuse)

confirmed fact PrivatBank publishes fraud warnings (112.ua, privatbank.ua/safeness): scammers use urgent calls, fake “security service” scripts, and malicious links. Kaspersky Securelist (2025) documents large-scale scam patterns on YouTube (Shorts, fake giveaways). This does not attribute fraud to @PrivatBankUKR, but users searching “youtube приватбанк” may encounter unrelated malicious uploads.

2 Channel ↔ website cross-link not confirmed in this crawl

requires manual check YouTube oEmbed API returns author_url=https://www.youtube.com/@PrivatBankUKR for bank promotional videos. The English “About the Bank” page fetched did not expose an explicit YouTube URL in visible HTML — verify social links on privatbank.ua (footer / contacts) and YouTube “verified” badge before treating any other “ПриватБанк” channel as official.

3 Corporate / reputational context (nationalisation)

probable link / context Wikipedia and investigative media (e.g. OCCRP) describe the 2016 nationalisation and litigation with former shareholders. Relevant for complex transactions involving legacy claims — not an automatic disqualifier for routine use of official digital channels.

🛡️ Sanctions & registries (summary)
RegistryResult
NBU — institution card (305299 / 14360570)Solvent · state-participation bank · DGF participant · systemically important confirmed fact
GLEIF LEILEI 8945005WHA3OZKWIGJ69 ACTIVE; legal name matches PrivatBank; registeredAs 14360570 confirmed fact
ДРС (РНБО sanctions register)not executed in this pass requires manual check
NAZK OSINT / boycott toolsnot executed requires manual check
OFAC / EU / UK consolidated listsroute exact legal name through your programme requires manual check
ЄДР (Ministry of Justice)not fetched live; identifiers cross-checked via NBU + GLEIF requires manual check
YouTube platform (youtube.com RDAP)MarkMonitor registrar · Google LLC registrant org · NS ns1–ns4.google.com confirmed fact
⚙️ Technical infrastructure

Technical summary

Official YouTube handle
@PrivatBankUKR (ПриватБанк Україна)
Sample video (oEmbed)
gsmsFJn34OM → author ПриватБанк Україна · links privat24.ua/loyalty
youtube.com A (DoH)
172.253.122.136, .91, .190, .93 (Google)
youtube.com RDAP expiry
2005-02-15 → 2027-02-15
privatbank.ua A (DoH)
75.2.32.163, 99.83.167.35 (AWS edge sample)
urlscan.io (privatbank.ua)
Recent benign scans; IP 99.83.167.35 / 13.248.194.152 (subdomains)
Wayback (youtube.com)
Earliest CDX sample 2005-04-28
Bank web (NBU)
privatbank.ua per NBU card
📑 OSINT Report — Sections 1–13
1. Subject of review

Primary object: Public YouTube presence associated with PrivatBank — channel name «ПриватБанк Україна», handle @PrivatBankUKR, hosted on Google’s YouTube platform (youtube.com).

Linked legal entity: JSC CB «PRIVATBANK» / АТ КБ «ПриватБанк», ЄДРПОУ 14360570, NBU code 305299, website privatbank.ua. Screening purpose: pre-contract due diligence on the combined “youtube + PrivatBank” identity (digital channel + regulated bank).

2. Summary

Open sources consistently attribute promotional bank videos to channel @PrivatBankUKR with descriptions linking to official PrivatBank domains. The underlying bank is a solvent, state-linked systemically important institution per the NBU public card. The main caution is not platform authenticity but user confusion: third parties impersonate PrivatBank across digital channels including YouTube-style scams documented in 2025 industry reporting. Manual sanctions screening and explicit confirmation of the official channel URL remain mandatory.

3. Risk Score

22 / 100 — conservative low band (just above 0–20) driven by verified fraud-awareness media around the brand on open networks, offset by strong NBU/GLEIF alignment for the bank entity.

4. Main red flags

See section above: ecosystem impersonation; cross-link verification pending; nationalisation context for complex deals. No substantiated red flag that the sampled official channel is a typosquat or anonymous registrar operation.

5. Registration data

confirmed fact NBU: Full name «акціонерне товариство комерційний банк "ПриватБанк"»; address web https://privatbank.ua; contact 3700; categories: solvent, state-participation bank, DGF, systemically important (data as of 01.04.2026 on card).

confirmed fact GLEIF API: LEI 8945005WHA3OZKWIGJ69, status ACTIVE, legal name in Ukrainian Cyrillic matching PrivatBank.

confirmed fact YouTube oEmbed (sample video gsmsFJn34OM, 2025-03-11): author_name=ПриватБанк Україна, author_url=/@PrivatBankUKR.

requires manual check Live ЄДР extract for address, KVED, and signatories if contract requires registry-primary proof.

6. Owners / UBO

confirmed fact NBU “ultimate owners of substantial participation”: State of Ukraine represented by the Cabinet of Ministers — direct substantial participation.

confirmed fact Board: Mikael Björknert (Chair of the Board); Supervisory Board Chair: Nils Melngailis (NBU card, access 2026-05-26).

n/a YouTube channel does not publish a separate corporate registry; beneficial ownership of the channel is administratively under Google account policies — treat bank UBO as governing counterparty for compliance.

7. Related persons & companies

confirmed fact Videos reference products: Privat24, Terminal app (Visa partnership), loyalty “Pryvit” — consistent with bank product lines on privatbank.ua.

probable link Former shareholders (Kolomoisky / Bogolyubov) appear in international investigative context around pre-2016 events — relevant only where legacy litigation or claims are in scope; not linked to the YouTube channel operationally.

hypothesis Unrelated channels using “PrivatBank” branding may exist; only @PrivatBankUKR was positively tied via oEmbed in this pass.

8. Sanctions risks

requires manual check Screen 14360570 and full legal name in ДРС, NAZK tools, OFAC, EU, UK lists before any payment or data-sharing decision.

confirmed fact No open-source assertion in this screening that the bank entity itself is a listed sanctions target; absence of search is not clearance.

9. Litigation risks

probable link / context Public record of disputes following 2016 nationalisation (media summaries). ЄДРСР mass search not performed — requires manual check for deal-specific parties.

n/a YouTube platform litigation (Alphabet COPPA, EU DMA) is parent-platform context if you rely on YouTube APIs/ads — see separate platform screening if needed.

10. Debts / enforcement proceedings

confirmed fact NBU solvency status: no insolvency signal on institution card.

requires manual check Tax debt registers (cabinet.tax.gov.ua) and ASVP for legal entity if policy requires.

n/a Enforcement databases do not apply to the YouTube channel as a standalone legal person.

11. Reputational background

confirmed fact Bank-maintained safeness pages warn clients never to share card PIN/CVV; report fraud via Privat24 or 3700.

confirmed fact Sample official videos (2024–2025) are educational/product promos with high view counts (e.g. ~2.9M views on anniversary cashback spot) — consistent with major retail bank marketing reach.

probable link English-language interviews on third-party channels (AWS, Nordic Fintech Magazine) feature PrivatBank executives — not substitutes for verifying @PrivatBankUKR.

12. Tender history

n/a Prozorro screening not requested for this YouTube-focused intake. Bank participates in public procurement as large SOE — run Prozorro by UA-EDR-14360570 if procurement is in scope.

13. Conclusion

⚠️ Proceed with restrictions. For consuming or citing PrivatBank content on YouTube, use only the channel confirmed as @PrivatBankUKR with links to *.privatbank.ua / privat24.ua. For banking or contractual relationships, apply standard regulated-bank DD (NBU licence PDF, sanctions, tax/ASVP as per policy). Do not trust unsolicited “support” videos, giveaway Shorts, or off-platform payment instructions.

📚 Sources
What to do next
  • 🔗Bookmark only youtube.com/@PrivatBankUKR; reject look-alike channels and off-site “support” links.
  • 🛡️Run ДРС and your OFAC/EU programme on АТ КБ «ПриватБанк» / 14360570 before financial engagement.
  • 🏦Confirm banking licence: NBU licence PDF and current NBU card.
  • 📱If fraud suspected from any YouTube-linked message, follow bank guidance: Privat24 → Communications → Report Fraud, or call 3700safeness page.
  • 🔎For material contracts, extend screening: ЄДР, ЄДРСР, ASVP, Prozorro — not covered in this channel-focused pass.
⚠️ Limitations of this review
  • YouTube does not expose full channel ownership or subscriber history via APIs used here; no authenticated YouTube Data API session.
  • Automated ДРС / ЄДР / ЄДРСР / ASVP / DPS queries not completed — conclusions on sanctions and courts are provisional.
  • Website crawl did not exhaust all privatbank.ua locales for social links; channel legitimacy should be confirmed with bank communications team if critical.
  • Report language: UI in English; source quotations may remain Ukrainian where cited.

Brief report

Subject
youtube приватбанк — official bank channel @PrivatBankUKR («ПриватБанк Україна») plus JSC CB PrivatBank (14360570).
Risk Score
22 / 100 — low band with caution
NBU solvent state-linked bank; +pressure from documented impersonation/scam ecosystem on digital channels.
License
NBU banking licence no. 22 (referenced on Play Store / bank materials); licence file.
Regulator
National Bank of Ukraine — systemically important, DGF participant.
Infrastructure
YouTube on Google infrastructure; bank site on AWS-edge IPs per DNS/urlscan sample.
Similar entities
Do not confuse with non-Ukrainian “PrivatBank” brands (e.g. Latvia AS «PRIVATBANK») or unofficial YouTube clones.
Verdict
⚠️ Proceed with restrictions — use verified channel URL only; complete sanctions/registry checks for banking relationships.
Actions
Whitelist @PrivatBankUKR; manual ДРС; never share credentials from video DMs/comments; report fraud via Privat24/3700.
This report is a preliminary OSINT screening based on publicly available sources and does not constitute a legal opinion, accusation, or final compliance assessment. Critical findings require manual verification and confirmation from official sources. | 2026-05-26 | Security Advisors · OSINT Due Diligence Agent