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Ukrainian financial institutions — banks, MFIs, insurance and leasing companies, payment transaction providers — are now forced to meet the requirements of the NBU on financial monitoring, sanctions, and compliance. Manual verification of clients and generation of reports take up dozens of hours of specialists' time and company resources every day, and increase the likelihood of errors and fines. With recent changes in legislation, financial monitoring in Ukraine has turned from an «option for banks» into a mandatory procedure for a much wider range of businesses. Now, not only financial institutions are subject to the requirements, but also accountants, auditors, notaries, bar associations, lottery organizers, and others. Ignoring the new rules is too risky: fines for violations can reach tens of millions of hryvnias. So Ukrainian business has found itself facing a new reality — in which automated solutions are indispensable. Fintech company Finpay and leasing company Winner Leasing know how to avoid unnecessary costs and determine 100% compliance with the NBU criteria. Thanks to the use of the AML.point service, created by the Ukrainian IT company AI FINTECH, these businesses built all financial monitoring processes on a turnkey basis. This made it possible to significantly reduce the time and costs of resources and personnel required to perform customer identification and procedures aimed at preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. dev.ua talked to the CEO of the AML.point startup, Oksana Gubina, and learned how the service works, which helps avoid penalties and save money and business reputation.

Alyona Bagrytska, a back-end developer, went from a quiet life under the sirens to her first offer in IT. Her story is not about quick success, but about night codes, depression, antidepressants and an unexpected breakthrough during the war. She survived fake interviews and instability under fire, but in the end she received an offer that led her to her dream job. dev.ua talked to Alyona about what it's like to "enter IT" in the difficult year of 2025.

Programmer Przemysław Dembiak, alias Psyho, defeated a customized AI model in the finals of the AtCoder World Tour Finals 2025 Heuristic contest, an algorithmic programming competition that features only the 12 best developers on the planet based on the results of the previous year. Despite the endurance of the silicon opponent, the victory went to a human — the AI took second place.

Nearly 4 in 10 millennials secretly go on vacation behind their management’s backs without informing them.