How can you check the legitimacy of a collection agency?

The status of a collection company can be obtained by a legal entity (in particular, a non-banking financial institution that, in accordance with the law, has the right to lend funds, including on the terms of a financial credit, and/or factoring services). To acquire the status of a collection company, you need to apply to the National Bank with a package of documents provided for by the Regulations on the Registration of Collection Companies. If the company meets the requirements of the law, the National Bank registers it by entering it into the Register of Collection Companies.

Therefore, it is possible to check the legitimacy of the collection agency by checking the presence of the latter in the Register of Collection Companies.

Access to the Register of collection companies can be obtained on the NBU website (https://bank.gov.ua/ua/news/all/na-chas-diyi-voyennogo-stanu-dostup-do-vidkritoyi-informatsiyi-pro-uchasnikiv-rinku -nebankivskih-finansovih-poslug-obmejuyetsya), however, access to open information is limited during martial law.

Additionally, I would like to inform you that it is possible to keep information from the Register of Collector Companies on such services as https://opendatabot.ua/open/collectors; https://banki.ua/collector