Ukrainian financial companies and banks became the most active plaintiffs in courts in 2026. The leader turned out to be the microfinance company "Ukr Credit Finance", with over 80 thousand cases opened based on its claims. This is 3.5 times more than for the entire previous year.
This is evidenced by a study by Opendatabot, published on October 28 based on data from the court registry for 2025-2026.
For the incomplete year 2026, 80,421 court cases were opened based on claims by "Ukr Credit Finance", which operates under the CreditKasa brand. For comparison, in all of 2025 there were about 23 thousand such cases. The company rose from eighth place to first in the all-Ukrainian ranking of legal entities by number of court claims.
Second place was taken by "Consumer Center", known under the "ShvydkoGroshi" brand, with 68,076 cases. This is 36% more than in the entire previous year.
The top five also included "Universal Bank" with 25,544 cases, "Accent-Bank" with 22,002, and "Factoring Partners" with 19,688.
Top ten plaintiff companies in 2026
| Company | Place in 2025 | Number of cases in 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Ukr Credit Finance | 8 | 80,421 |
| Consumer Center | 2 | 68,076 |
| Universal Bank | 5 | 25,544 |
| Accent-Bank | 6 | 22,002 |
| Factoring Partners | 17 | 19,688 |
| Unit Capital | 9 | 19,050 |
| Didzhi Finance | 15 | 17,050 |
| Collect Center | 13 | 16,699 |
| Credit-Capital | 4 | 15,613 |
| European Debt Collection Agency | 1 | 14,993 |
Over the year, the composition of the leaders changed significantly. In particular, "Factoring Partners" rose from 17th to fifth place, while the "European Debt Collection Agency", which topped the ranking last year, dropped to tenth position.
All ten largest plaintiff companies operate in the financial sector. Among the hundred legal entities that most often went to court, 39 are engaged in lending and other financial services. Another 24 organizations operate in the areas of electricity, gas, heating, and water supply, and 14 belong to public administration.
Supreme Court judge Vasyl Krat explains the high judicial activity of creditors by the lack of effective out-of-court mechanisms for collecting credit debt. Therefore, banks and financial companies are forced to go to court to recover debts.
According to the judge, the full-scale war has worsened the financial situation of many Ukrainians. Loss of income and property forces them to resort more often to available credits, including microloans, which not all borrowers can repay on time.
At the same time, court proceedings give debtors the opportunity to challenge excessive charges. Krat points out that in certain credit disputes, the amount of interest may exceed the initial loan amount many times over. The court has the authority to check the legality of such claims and refuse to collect unreasonable payments.
However, the number of opened court cases does not equal the number of decisions in favor of creditors. The study covers all cases for 2025-2026 in which legal entities were plaintiffs, not only proceedings for the collection of credit debts.
Earlier, it was reported that in the first half of 2026, the total debt of Ukrainians to microfinance organizations increased by 17% and as of July 1 reached UAH 32.32 billion.
