Register today to access recent news and articles.

Poland

HSBC faces uphill battle on local market

HSBC Bank Polska, the local subsidiary of the world's second-largest banking company, faces a number of tough hurdles in the country's competitive, almost saturated, banking market as it sets out to launch corporate-geared services next year. HSBC is pleased with...

Prime Minister vows to put in place 19% tax...

Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller voiced his full support for a business lobby initiative to reduce the income tax on…

#Bill#small business#small businesses


Survey of bank use by SMEs reveals credit expensive...

The Warsaw Banking Institute (WIB) and the CBM Indicator brokerage undertook a survey of bank use among small- and medium-sized…


Business investment declines but is expected to rise again

Polish companies' aggregate investment levels continued to decline in the first six months of 2003, dropping 2.2% to PLN 21.8…

#investment#investments#poland


Interest-rate on hold as growth picks up

Poland's rate-setting Monetary Policy Council (RPP) opted on Wednesday (27 August) to keep official borrowing costs on hold for a…


KUKE negotiates increased guarantee limits

The Export Credit Insurance Corporation (KUKE), a joint stock company, wants to increase the guarantees limit on behalf of the…


Coface gets licence to sell credit insurance in Poland

The Coface group has obtained a licence to deliver insurance products in Poland. It will be opening a domestic and…


Government to channel bank reserves money into guarantee funds

The government has initiated a project aimed at helping small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by revoking income tax on released…

#bank#banks#guarantee


Fortis, Forin factors and BPH PBK in joint credit...

The well-known juice producer Hortex has obtained credit totalling ZL85 million. The creditors are BPH PBK, Fortis Bank and factoring…


Credit insurance in Poland – world's largest players enter

The European giants of merchant credit insurance, Coface and Gerling NCM, are increasingly interested in the Polish market. Coface plans…


Small firms dominate economy but struggle with a lack...

Small enterprises dominate the Polish economy, constituting more than 99% of all active companies. According to a report on the…


Pekao looks to increase its penetration in SME sector...

Poland's biggest non state-owned bank, Pekao SA, has pledged that its shareholders may expect some good financial results after the…

Factoring becomes increasingly popular, market set to grow

In 2002, the total value of invoices purchased by companies engaged in factoring activities reached ZL10bn, compared to ZL8bn a…

Our Sponsors
Our Events
View All
To top
BCR Publishing
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.