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Alior Bank SA is a universal bank in Poland founded in 2008. It has been a subsidiary of insurance company PZU SA since 2015 and forms the 10th largest banking group in the country, with more than 8,143 employees as of the end of 2019. [ 2 ]
Santander Bank Polska SA, formerly Bank Zachodni WBK (BZ WBK) (eng. West WBK Bank - the WBK abbreviation below) is a Polish universal bank based in Wrocław, Poznań and Warsaw. It is the third largest bank in Poland in terms of assets value and the number of outlets.
In 2015, the transaction to acquire a 25.19% stake in the share capital of Alior Bank SA was completed. [26] The next step was the transaction carried out by Alior Bank to acquire a separate part of Bank BPH, including the core business. [27] Currently, the PZU SA Group holds 31.94% of shares of the Alior Bank. [28]
The origins of BGŻ should be associated with the Polish Agricultural Bank, which was established in 1919 in Warsaw (from 1921 – the State Agricultural Bank, from 1948 – the Agricultural Bank). [1] The bank's business was to provide medium and small farms with short-term loans, long-term loans in covered bonds for land purchase and investments.
In 2008, GE Money Bank took over 89% of shares and on 31 December 2009, Bank BPH merged with GE Money Bank Polska. At its peak, the bank employed over 10,000 people. In October 2014, the bank's owner, General Electric, revealed it was considering selling the firm. [1] In late 2016, Bank BPH was purchased by Alior Bank. Operations of the two ...
mBank in Prague, Czech Republic BRE Bank in Bydgoszcz, 2013. The bank was founded in 1986 as Bank Rozwoju Eksportu (Export Development Bank), a joint-stock company. Three years later BRE Bank was granted credit lines from the World Bank and IFC and became a member of SWIFT. [6] In 1990, BRE Bank was privatised through public offering. [7]
Bank Millennium SA was established in 1989 as Bank Inicjatyw Gospodarczych BIG SA. Initially, 98% of shares in it were owned by Warta, Poczta Polska , PZU , Universal and Transakcja foreign trade headquarters ( KC PZPR and ZSMP ), and 2% were held by natural persons. [ 2 ]
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. (BHW, lit. ' Commercial Bank in Warsaw ' ), rebranded Citibank Handlowy in 2003 and Citi Handlowy in 2007, is a Polish bank based in Warsaw , Poland . It is one of the oldest banks in Poland, the 10th largest Polish bank by assets, and 18th in terms of number of outlets.