Sense Bank

The bank was founded on 24 March 1993 as a limited liability company named Consumer-Assisting Commercial Bank Vito, having its head office in Kyiv. From 1995 until January 2001 the bank was named Kyiv Investment Bank. In 2001 the bank started operating under the Alfa-Bank brand.{{in lang|ru}} [https://lb.ua/file/company/3684_alfabank_ukraina.html Alpha Bank Ukraine overview], {{ill|Lb.ua|uk|Lb.ua}} (as viewed on 21 July 2023)

In 2001, the bank became a member of the SWIFT system and an associated member of the VISA International. In the same year, the bank became a member of PFTS Stock Exchange and has been a member of its Council since August 2004.

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In 2006 Alfa-Bank Russia transferred its shares in the bank to the holding company ABH Ukraine Limited, this did not change the ownership of the bank. Both Alfa-Bank branches had the same Russian ownership in both Russia and Ukraine.{{Cite web|title=Alfa-Bank Ukraine will give to the state? What awaits investors and why does Friedman agree|url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/alfa-bank-ukrayina-viddadut-derzhavi-shcho-1666035459.html|website=RBK Ukraine|date=18 October 2022|access-date=21 July 2023|language=Ukrainian}}

By 2006, the bank had transformed into a full-service bank with a strong presence in the corporate banking sector. Further consolidation of assets between 2009 and 2018 resulted in the establishment of one of the largest private banks in Ukraine, with the second largest retail clients' portfolio behind PrivatBank.{{Cite web|title="Укрсоцбанк" объединят с "Альфа-Банком"|url=https://www.unian.net/economics/finance/1255765-ukrsotsbank-obyedinyat-s-alfa-bankom.html|website=UNIAN|access-date=2019-08-05|language=ru}}

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Following the March 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea and armed Russian-backed separatists seized Ukrainian government buildings and declared the Donetsk and Luhansk republics (DPR and LPR) as independent states the following month the bank stopped operating in these (according to the Ukrainian government) temporally occupied territories in full compliance with Ukrainian legislation.{{Cite web|title=Alfa-Bank declared Crimea and Donbass territories occupied by Russia|url=https://life.ru/p/998105|date=April 14, 2017|website=Life.ru|access-date=2023-07-21|language=Russian}}

In 2016 the bank largest shareholder were Russian businessmen Mikhail Fridman⁣ (32.86%), Petr Aven⁣ (12.4%) and Andrey Kosogov. They controlled the bank through ABH Holdings S.A., which indirectly owned 100% shares of Alfa-Bank (Ukraine).

On February 20, 2016, when hundreds had gathered on Maidan Nezalezhnosti to commemorate the second anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine nationalist protesters threw rocks and smashed windows of a Alfa-Bank bank in central Kyiv. A Sberbank was also vandalized.{{Cite web|title=Ukraine Nationalists Attack Russian Banks on Uprising Anniversary|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-nationalists-mark-uprising-anniversary-attack-russian-banks/3200166.html|date=February 20, 2016|website=Voice of America|access-date=2023-07-21|language=English}}

After in April 2017 Alfa-Bank (officially a Ukraine company) had reiterated that it saw territories of Ukraine as Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine the shareholders of Alfa Group (a Russian privately owned investment group officially not linked to Alfa-Bank Ukraine) released a statement in which they stated "that we are out of politics and out of any political assessments.”{{Cite web|title=Shareholders of Alfa-Bank called "careless" the statement of the Ukrainian "daughter" about the occupation of Donbass|url=https://biz.censor.net/news/3024770/aktsionery_alfabanka_nazvali_neostorojnym_zayavlenie_ukrainskoyi_dochki_ob_okkupatsii_donbassa|date=2017-04-18|website={{ill|Censor.net|uk|Цензор.нет}}|access-date=2023-07-21|language=Ukrainian}} At the time on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the beneficiaries of Alfa-Bank Fridman⁣ and German Khan were listed as citizens of Israel while the fact that they were also Russian citizens was not mentioned.

In September 2019 Ukrsotsbank merged with Alfa-Bank.{{Cite web|title=Shareholders of "Ukrsotsbank" approved the merger with "Alfa-Bank" (updated)|url=https://biz.censor.net/n3147711|date=2019-11-09|website={{ill|Censor.net|uk|Цензор.нет}}|access-date=2023-07-21|language=Ukrainian}}

On 17 March 2020, due to the increased demand for foreign cash and limited supply of currency notes in Ukraine, the bank temporarily suspended the sale of foreign cash in 45 branches.[https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2020/03/17/658160/ «Альфа банк» припинив продаж і видачу готівкових доларів], Європейська правда, 17 березня 2020

According to the NBU, on December 1, 2021,{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Банк АТ 'АЛЬФА-БАНК' |url=https://bank.gov.ua/ua/supervision/institutions/23494714 |publisher=НБУ |language=uk |access-date=}} the bank's assets amounted to ₴111 billion. At the end of 2021, the bank had 201 branches and 686 ATMs (198 of them with NFC). As of July 18, 2022, the bank served over 3 million individual customers, 55,000 companies, and 82,000 sole proprietors; a number of bank employees was almost 5,000.{{Cite web |last=Финансовий клуб |date=18 July 2022 |title=Зі зміною назви Альфа-Банк змінює сервісну модель обслуговування клієнтів |url=https://finclub.net/ua/news/zi-zminoiu-nazvy-alfabank-zminiuie-servisnu-model-obsluhovuvannia-kliientiv.html}}

The management board of Bank has resolved to reject the Alfa-Bank following the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine{{cite news |title=Russia launches massive invasion of Ukraine — live updates |url=https://www.dw.com/en/russia-launches-massive-invasion-of-ukraine-live-updates/a-60893588 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=24 February 2022}} name and continue to operate under a new Sense brand: “A few days after the outbreak of war, the Board decided to dissociate itself from the old brand and establish a new identity. The bank does not want to bear any relation to the aggressor country, even at the level of associations or connections that link to the brand operating in Russia.”{{Cite web |title=На порядку денному Альфа-Банку Україна питання нового імені та докапіталізації на $1 млрд – довірена особа |url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/interview/837581.html |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Інтерфакс-Україна |language=uk}}

On April 21, 2022, the National Bank of Ukraine approved the appointment of a trustee for one year or until a change in ownership by either sale or transfer of shares to the state property fund, which was made possible with a law on nationalization adopted on May 29, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Шевчук |first=Мария |date=2023-03-07|title=NBU proposes bill on nationalization of Sense Bank, bank announces potential investors|url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/896075.html|access-date=2023-06-06 |website=interfax.com.ua|language=en}} In April 2022 the bank declared that it had the same Russian owners as in 2016. One of these owners, Mikhail Fridman, was sanctioned by Ukraine at the end of September 2022 and his assets in Ukraine were arrested.

On July 11, 2022, the rebranding to Sense Bank was announced. The bank rebranded to Sense, their mobile bank of the same name, created in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Через місяць один з українських банків змінить назву |url=https://www.unian.ua/economics/finance/stalo-vidomo-koli-ukrajinskiy-alfa-bank-zminit-nazvu-novini-ukrajina-11899791.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=www.unian.ua |language=uk}}

Under CEO Alla Komisarenko's initiative, Sense Bank has become a part of the joint banking network POWER BANKING. It means that 74 critical branches of Sense Bank will operate even during long-term blackouts caused by (since 10 October 2022) Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure. All of them are equipped with alternative energy sources and backup communication channels.{{Cite web |last=Шевчук |first=Мария |date=2022-12-26 |title=Работают без света и связи: 74 отделения Sense Bank вошли в объединенную сеть Power Banking |url=https://news.obozrevatel.com/economics/rabotayut-bez-sveta-i-svyazi-74-otdeleniya-sense-bank-voshli-v-obedinennuyu-set-power-banking.htm |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=OBOZREVATEL NEWS |language=ru}}

After the start of the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine millions of hryvnias of Sense Bank's budget were allocated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense units. Furthermore its employees and individual clients jointly raised more million in charitable donations for the Armed Forces and territorial defense units. The chief economist of Sense Bank Oleksiy Blinov has written widely on the economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. This invasion has resulted in significant loss of human capital,[https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/loss-human-capital-ukraine The Loss of Human Capital in Ukraine], Noam Angrist, CEPR.ORG, 27 April 2022. destruction of agricultural trading infrastructure,Oleksii Blinov, [https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/restarting-ukraines-agricultural-exports Restarting Ukraine's Agricultural Exports], CEPR.ORG, 10 June 2022. huge damages to productive capacity,Oleksii Blinov, [https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/assessment-damages-ukraines-productive-capacity Assessing the Damages to Productive Capacity in Ukraine], CEPR, 21 September 2022. including through the loss of electricity,Oleksii Blinov, [https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/economic-toll-attacks-ukraines-power-grid The Economic Toll of Attacks on Ukraine's Power Grid], CEPR, 22 December 2022.
- Oleksii Blinov, [https://forbes.ua/ru/money/rosiyski-raketi-zabrali-12-robochogo-chasu-zmistovna-otsinka-ekonomichnikh-vtrat-cherez-ataki-na-energetiku-12012023-11013 Russia's Air Attacks Cut The Ukrainian Economy by 12% in November], Forbes, 12 January 2023 (in Ukrainian). and a reduction in private consumption of more than a third relative to pre-war levels.Oleksii Blinov, [https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/measuring-ukraines-private-consumption-during-war Measuring Private Consumption During the War], CEPR, 24 July 2022. Blinov stated in February 2023 that "the all-out aggression requires an all-out response" by the European Union to win the war.Oleksii Blinov, [https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/all-out-aggression-requires-all-out-response The all-out aggression requires an all-out response], CEPR, 18 February 2023.

The bank, with 3 million depositors, posted a loss of 7 billion hryvnias ($189.75 million) in 2022, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

In October 2022, one of the beneficial owners of the bank, Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman, sent a letter to the chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine with a proposal to transfer the shares to the state. As an alternative measure, an additional capitalization of the bank by $1 billion was proposed.{{Cite web|url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/865550.html|title=Alfa-Bank Ukraine shareholders ready to capitalize it by $1 bln or donate it to state - Fridman|date=2022-10-14|website=interfax.com.ua}} This offer ultimately remained unfulfilled, after the European Commission and the Bank of England declined to give legally-binding opinions. In March 2023, the National Bank of Ukraine declared the ABH Financial Limited status "dubious" and instated a temporary ban on the use of its and ABH Ukraine Limited voting rights.{{Cite web|url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/economic/900461.html|title=The National Bank recognized the dubious reputation of non-sanctioned shareholders of Sense Bank and introduced a ban on voting rights for 100% of its shares|date=28 March 2023|access-date=28 March 2023|website=Interfax-Ukraine|lang=Ukrainian}}
{{cite web|date=28 March 2023|access-date=28 March 2023|title=The National Bank recognized the business reputation of the shareholders of "Sens Bank" as dubious|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2023/03/28/698518/|website=Economical Truth|lang=Ukrainian}}

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On May 29, 2023 Ukraine's parliament (Verkhovna Rada) adopted a law on the nationalization of Sense Bank.{{Cite web|url=https://ukranews.com/en/news/935626-rada-passes-law-on-fridman-s-sense-bank-nationalization|title=Rada Passes Law On Fridman's Sense Bank Nationalization|date=2023-05-29|website=ukranews.com.ua}} The law stipulates that it is possible to withdraw a systemically important bank from the market in the absence of signs of insolvency - in case of applying blocking sanctions to the owner of a significant participation in it. On June 16, 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky approved this law.{{Cite web|url=https://www.banki.ru/news/lenta/?id=10987033|title=Зеленский подписал закон, позволяющий национализировать Альфа-Банк|language=ru|date=2023-06-16|website=banki.ru}} In this law is legislation allowing the government to declare insolvent and, if needed, nationalize lenders from owners that came under sanctions due to Russia’s invasion.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-07 |title=Ukraine Plans to Seize Sense Bank From Russian Billionaires|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-07/ukraine-plans-to-seize-sense-bank-from-russian-billionaires-soon|access-date=2023-07-07|publisher=Bloomberg|lang=en}} The following day the bank's holding company ABH Ukraine Limitedthreatened to bring the case to international courts if the nationalization went through.{{Cite web|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2023/06/17/701283/|title=Номінальний власник "Сенс Банку" пригрозив Україні міжнародним судом|date=2023-06-17|website=epravda.com.ua}}

In June 2023 ABH Ukraine Limited asked the Council for State Security to allow the sale of its shares to a licensed European investor.{{Cite web|title=Акционер "Сенс Банка" просит СНБО разрешить его продажу инвестору. Говорят, что Фридман и Авен не получат от этого денег|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/rus/news/2023/06/8/700972/|website=epravda.com.ua|access-date=2023-06-08|language=uk}} The proposed sale, which requires multiple institutional approvals, is for the symbolic price of one euro and precludes payments to sanctioned shareholders.{{Cite web|title=Regarding the proposed transaction for the sale of a significant interest in JSC Sense Bank ("Sense Bank")|url=https://www.abhh.lu/news-insights/press-releases/2023/statement-by-abh-holdings-s-a-abhh/|website=ABH Holdings Luxembourg|date=12 June 2023 |access-date=2023-06-12|language=en}} The investment offer is made through the Cyprus-based company Karswell Ltd, owner of Polish bank Plus Bank SA.{{Cite web|title=Former Alfa-Bank Ukraine could be sold to Polish investors|url=https://news.yahoo.com/former-alfa-bank-ukraine-could-200800723.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHGl0H1oVtmbztzv0K1TD1FwtOfWJIgjmzSzzBv1oU247_imZUA7ro4QdcdEjHqc-iTNIDx3uz0t-tSmF-qRjiPM7d8YPJqvZ0QfuFIS_PzuYkP5Rmh5V89VLXpw-P_C1u8p21V5V3AiD4W2mZXbtYMJys7Q-4eishvJy7jBKal9|website=Yahoo|access-date=2023-03-11|language=en}} Plus Bank is part of Polish billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Żak's holdings.{{Cite web|title=Власник українського Sense Bank хоче продати акції європейському інвестору|url=https://forbes.ua/news/vlasnik-ukrainskogo-sens-banku-khoche-prodati-aktsii-evropeyskomu-investoru-08062023-14093|website=Forbes|date=8 June 2023 |access-date=2023-06-10|language=uk}}

In July 2023 a Bloomberg article stated:

"The International Monetary Fund, in a comment following the first review of its lending program to Ukraine, said that the country should avoid “excessive interference” in the banking sector, “including the prospect of nationalization for reasons unconnected to financial stability” due to possible risks."

In July 2021 Atlantic Council states that Ukraine had a "faltering" effort with the privatization of state-owned banks,{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-faltering-efforts-to-privatize-state-owned-banks/|title=Ukraine's faltering efforts to privatize state-owned banks|date=2021-07-18|website=Atlantic Council}} and adding a fifth state-owned bank will increase state-owned banking assets to over sixty percent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-must-reduce-role-of-state-in-the-economy-to-boost-eu-integration/|title=Ukraine must reduce role of state in the economy to boost EU integration|date=2023-05-27|website=Atlantic Council}} Once financial institutions fall into public hands, Ukrainian courts have historically upheld the decision of nationalization.{{Cite web|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2023/06/29/701713/|title=Екс-власники "Приватбанку" не змогли оскаржити націоналізацію: Верховний суд поставив у справі крапку|date=2023-06-29|website=Pravda}}

The International Monetary Fund, in its July 2023 Extended Fund Facility update, expressed concern over the possible nationalization, as it may not improve financial stability.{{Cite web|title=МВФ застерігає Україну від націоналізації банків із непов'язаних із фінстабільністю причин|url=https://interfax.com.ua/news/economic/921600.html|website=Interfax|access-date=2023-07-07|language=uk}}

On July 20, 2023 the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) withdraw the bank from the market and placed it under temporary administration.{{Cite web |title=Ukraine to nationalise Russian-owned Sense Bank|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/ukraine-nationalise-sense-bank-its-russian-owners-2023-07-20/|date=20 July 2023|access-date=21 July 2023|work=Reuters |language=English}} The NBU claimed that the connections of Sense Bank's owners with Russia "pose a significant reputational risk and have a significant negative impact on the bank's activities."

On July 21, 2023 the Shmyhal Government (the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine) bought the full share of Sense Bank from the Fund for Guarantee of Individuals' Deposits for 1 hryvnia. It made the bank becomes state-run under the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

On July 24, 2023, the Finance Ministry formed a new board for the nationalized Sense Bank. The new board members included Olena Zubchenko, Oleksiy Shklyaruk, Inna Tyutyun, and Andriy Sokolov. The chairman of the board of the nationalized Sense Bank, Dmytro Kuzmin, the former chair of Universal Bank's board, resigned on Aug. 14, only three weeks into the new job.{{Cite web|title=Sense Bank chair resigns|url=https://english.nv.ua/business/sense-bank-chair-resigns-ukraine-finance-news-50346257.html|website=www.nv.ua|access-date=2023-08-15|language=en}}
Zubchenko, who previously headed the ministerial Financial Policy Department, was named acting chair.

Information about the shareholders in the bank's corporate structure, as of 1 January 2021 as information provided by the National Bank of Ukraine:{{Cite web |title=Відомості про остаточних ключових учасників у структурі власності банку станом на 01 січня 2021 року |url=https://bank.gov.ua/files/Shareholders/300346/300346_20210101.pdf |publisher=Національний банк України |language=uk |access-date=1 January 2021}}

No. / Shareholder / Percent of shares

1. Andrey Kosogov — 40.96%
2. Mikhail Maratovich Fridman (born in Lviv, a citizen of Russia and Israel, residing in the United Kingdom) — 32.86%
3. Petr Olegovich Aven (a citizen of Russia and Latvia) — 12.40%
4. UniCredit S.p.A. — 9.9%
5. The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research — 3.87%

In April 2022 the bank declared{{Cite web |title=Відомості про власників істотної участі в банку|url=https://old.alfabank.ua/storage/files/vidomosti-pro-vlasnikiv-istotnoyi-uchasti-ua.pdf|work=Alfa-Bank (Ukraine)|date=21 April 2022}} that its ownership was as follows:

• ABH Financial Limited — 57.6%
• ABH Ukraine Limited — 42.3%

Through their shares in ABH Financial Limited and ABH Ukraine Limited the ultimate ownership of the bank did fall to Fridman, Aven and Kosogov. In its April 2022 declaration of ownership the bank itself did not mention UniCredit S.p.A. nor

The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research.

In March 2021, Sense Bank was named the best bank in Ukraine by Global Finance.{{cite web | url = https://www.gfmag.com/media/press-releases/press-release-global-finance-announces-its-28th-annual-best-bank-awards-and-names-best-banks-central-eastern-europe-2021 | title = Global Finance Announces its 28th Annual Best Bank Awards and Names the Best Banks in Central & Eastern Europe 2021 | publisher = Global Finance Magazine | author = | date = 2021-03-18 | access-date = | language =}}{{cite web | url = https://news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/economics/global-finance-viznalo-alfa-bank-najkraschim-bankom-v-ukraini.htm | title = Global Finance визнало Альфа-Банк найкращим банком в Україні | publisher = Obozrevatel | author = Марія Шевчук | date = 2021-03-23 | access-date = | language = uk}} In this same year, the international magazine Global Finance recognized Sense Bank as the winner in The Best Consumer Digital Bank in Ukraine category - for the best digital banking of the country at the annual World's Best Consumer Digital Banks Awards in Central & Eastern Europe 2021.{{Cite web|title=Міжнародне видання Global Finance визнало Альфа-Банк ...|url=https://nabu.ua/ua/mizhnarodne-vidannya-global-finance-viznalo-alfa-bank-peremozhtsem-u-nominatsiyi-the.html|access-date=2022-01-28|website=НАБУ|date=25 August 2021 |language=uk}}

Global Finance also named Sense Bank as the best SME-bank in Ukraine at the SME Bank Awards 2022{{Cite web|title=Global Finance Magazine - PRESS RELEASE: Best SME Bank Awards 2022|url=https://www.gfmag.com/media/press-releases/press-release-best-sme-bank-awards-2022|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Global Finance Magazine|date=15 October 2021 |language=en}} and A-Club private banking division received the Best Private Bank Award for the second year in a row.{{Cite web|title=Приватний банкінг A-Club став найкращим в Україні за ...|url=https://nabu.ua/ua/privatniy-banking-a-club-stav-naykrashchim-v-ukrayini-za-versiyeyu-global.html|access-date=2022-01-28|website=НАБУ|date=5 November 2021 |language=uk}}

On November 26, 2021, to celebrate the first anniversary of Sense SuperApp digital banking app, Sense Bank in partnership with Mastercard held the world's first online concert of the Ukrainian artist MONATIK via the mobile app. This concert entered the Ukrainian book of records.{{Cite web|last=Шевчук|first=Марія|date=2021-11-30|title=Світовий рекорд: Альфа-Банк Україна провів перший у світі онлайн-концерт у цифровому банку|url=https://news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/society/svitovij-rekord-alfa-bank-ukraina-proviv-pershij-u-sviti-onlajn-kontsert-u-tsifrovomu-banku.htm|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Obozrevatel |language=uk}}

In 2022, Sense Bank has been awarded Bank of the Year 2022 for Ukraine by The Banker, a leading international publication.{{Cite web |title=Структура власності компанії АТ «СЕНС БАНК» |url=https://opendatabot.ua/c/23494714 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=opendatabot.ua |language=uk}}{{Cite web |title=The Banker's Bank of the Year Awards 2022 |url=https://www.thebanker.com/Awards/Bank-of-The-Year-Awards/The-Banker-s-Bank-of-the-Year-Awards-2021 |access-date=2022-01-28 |website=www.thebanker.com |language=en-GB}} Andrii Hrytseniuk, Chief Information Officer at Sense Bank Ukraine, was named as the best CIO in the world by The Banker{{Cite web |title= IT-директор Альфа-Банка Украина Андрей Гриценюк - лучший CIO мира в 2022 - the Banker|url=https://apostrophe.ua/news/economy/banks/2022-08-01/itdirektor-alfabanka-ukraina-andrej-gricenyuk--luchshij-cio-mira-v-2022--the-banker/275737}}

Sense Bank received The Banker's Global Innovation in Digital Banking Award{{Cite web |title= Альфа-Банк Україна отримав міжнародну нагороду від the Banker за інновації у цифровому банкінгу|url=https://minfin.com.ua/ua/2022/08/01/89785902/}}

Sense Bank was recognized as the best Ukrainian digital bank according to Ukrainian Fintech Awards{{Cite web |title= Sense SuperApp визнано найкращим українським цифровим банком у 2021 році|url=https://apostrophe.ua/ua/news/economy/banks/2022-06-06/sense-superapp-priznan-luchshim-ukrainskim-cifrovym-bankom-v-2021-godu/271081}}

In 2011–2017, Sense Bank was a partner of the first international jazz festival in Lviv. In 7 years, the bank's initiative allowed for establishing an international music festival that has become an independent cultural event in Ukraine has been held under the name “Leopolis Jazz Fest”. The bank was a Special Partner of the Ukrainian Lunch within the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as a Partner of the 9th Yalta Annual Meeting (YES) entitled “Ukraine and the World: Addressing Tomorrow’s Challenges Together”{{Cite web |url=http://yes-ukraine.org/ua/Yalta-annual-meeting/9-ta-yaltinska-shchorichna-zustrich/partneri |title=9-а щорічна зустріч у Ялті, 2012 рік: Партнери |access-date=2014-04-17 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140419020828/http://yes-ukraine.org/ua/Yalta-annual-meeting/9-ta-yaltinska-shchorichna-zustrich/partneri | archive-date=2014-04-19 }} and the 10th Yalta Annual Meeting “Changing Ukraine in a Changing World: Factors of Success”.{{Cite web |url=http://ua.prostobiz.ua/biznes/rozvitok_biznesu/novini/alfa_bank_ukrayina_spetsialniy_partner_10_oyi_yaltinskoyi_schorichnoyi_zustrichi |title=Прес-реліз Ялтинської зустрічі 2013 |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100652/http://ua.prostobiz.ua/biznes/rozvitok_biznesu/novini/alfa_bank_ukrayina_spetsialniy_partner_10_oyi_yaltinskoyi_schorichnoyi_zustrichi |url-status=dead }}

In 2019, Sense Bank became a member of the UN Global Compact Network in Ukraine.{{Cite web|title=Альфа-Банк Україна став членом Глобального договору ООН в Україні|url=https://minfin.com.ua/ua/2019/11/25/39831040/}}

Since the invasion, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 104 million hryvnias of the bank's budget have been allocated to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense units.{{Cite web |title=Альфа-Банк Україна надав понад 104 млн грн на допомогу ЗСУ|url=https://delo.ua/banks/alfa-bank-ukrayina-nadav-ponad-104-mln-grn-na-dopomogu-zsu-406168/|date=2022-11-01 |website=delo.ua |language=uk}} In particular, 10 million{{Cite web |title=Альфа-Банк виділив 60 млн гривень на допомогу українським захисникам — Delo.ua |url=https://delo.ua/uk/society/alfa-bank-vidiliv-60-mln-griven-na-dopomogu-ukrayinskim-zaxisnikam-398495/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=delo.ua |date=25 May 2022 |language=uk}} hryvnias in targeted funding were delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the first days of hostilities. Moreover, the bank has supplied military accoutrements, food, generators, tactical gear, medicines, one armored vehicle, thermal imaging cameras, etc. to TDUs and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Bank employees and individual clients jointly raised over ₴115 million in charitable donations for Armed Forces and territorial defense units through Sense SupperApp mobile app.{{Cite web |title=Альфа-Банк Украина собрал более 115 млн грн благотворительной помощи для ВСУ через Sense SupperApp |url=http://minfin.com.ua/2022/03/09/82077980/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=minfin.com.ua |language=ru}}

The bank made it possible to donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine via Sense SupperApp. The easy-to-use options, “Support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine” and “Support for Victims”, let you pay with one click; financial contributions may be also made from the єPіdtrimka (eSupport) card.

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