PKO Bank Polski

Not to be confused with Bank Pekao, Bank Polski, or Bank Polski SA.
Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna
Company typeSpółka akcyjna[1]
ISINPLPKO0000016
IndustryBanking, financial services
Founded7 February 1919; 105 years ago (1919-02-07) (as Pocztowa Kasa Oszczędności)[2][3]
1948 (as Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności)[4]
FounderJózef Piłsudski (Chief of State)
Ignacy Paderewski (Prime Minister)
Stefan Przanowski (Deputy Prime Minister)
Hubert Linde (Minister of Posts and Telegraphs)
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
Key people
Szymon Midera (Acting CEO)[5]
ProductsConsumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, savings, securities, asset management, wealth management, credit cards
Increase PLN 5.5 billion (2023)[6]
Total assetsIncrease PLN 501.5 billion[6] ($124.6 billion) (2023)[7]
Number of employees
25,800 (FTE, 2020)[8]
Websitewww.pkobp.pl

Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna or PKO Bank Polski S.A. (lit. 'General Savings Bank – Bank of Poland'), in short PKO BP or simply PKO, is a multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. It is one of the largest financial institutions in Poland and in Central and Eastern Europe.[9][10]

PKO BP provides services to both individual and business clients, with a core business in Polish retail banking. As of 2018, it had 1,145 branches located in Poland and abroad and a market capitalization of 52 billion Polish złoty, equivalent to 13.8 billion US dollar.

  1. ^ "Statut: Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  2. ^ Dekret o utworzeniu Pocztowej Kasy Oszczędnościowej, Dz. U., 1919, vol. 14, No. 163
  3. ^ "PKO Bank Polski – 100 lat śmiałych decyzji". media.pkobp.pl. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  4. ^ Dekret z dnia 25 października 1948 r. o reformie bankowej, Dz. U., 1948, vol. 52, No. 412
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  7. ^ "The Global 2000". Forbes. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Charakterystyka działalności" (in Polish). Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. ^ "EBRD invests in PKO Bank Polski subordinated bonds". Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  10. ^ "PKO BANK POLSKI W LICZBACH". Retrieved 2019-06-07.