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Ukraine’s central bank said on July 20 it had withdrawn the right to formally audit the country’s banks from the Ukrainian unit of the international accounting firm PwC.

PwC Ukraine had audited the largest Ukrainian bank, PrivatBank, which Ukraine took over in December after risky lending practices left it with a capital shortfall of more than $5.5 billion.

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