27.7 thous.
Employees in the Group
Business operations
PKO Bank Polski Group is one of the largest financial institutions in Poland and one of the largest financial groups in Central and Eastern Europe. It stands out on the Polish market due to its high financial results, which ensure the Group's stable and safe development.
Annual Report
2019
2019
PKO Bank Polski is the parent entity of the Group, the largest commercial bank in Poland and the leading bank on the Polish home market in terms of its scale of operations, equity, loans, deposits, number of customers and size of the distribution network. It is a universal bank that services individuals, legal entities, and other Polish and foreign entities.
Many generations of Poles have used the bank’s services. Long tradition and customer trust are important elements of our identity. We take consistent actions to consolidate the Group’s perception as an institution that is:
- safe, strong and competitive,
- modern and innovative, customer-friendly and efficiently managed,
- socially responsible and taking care of the cultural awareness of Poles.
We effectively develop our operations beyond traditional retail banking. We also lead in servicing corporate customers, firms and companies, and providing financial services to communes, counties, provinces and to the budget sector.
10.9 mln
Customers
We have leading shares in the Polish savings sector (18.4%), loans (17.9%) and the market for investment funds of individuals (20.1%). We are leaders in terms of the number of current accounts and payment cards maintained.
High customer service standards and effective credit risk assessment procedures allowed us to increase the Group’s portfolio of financing granted to customers to over PLN 245 bln. At the end of 2019, amounts due to customers reached over PLN 256 bln.
In 2019, we continued our activities to increase the effectiveness of our distribution network, which covers 1 155 branches and 538 agencies. Customers have access to modern e-banking services, offered under the iPKO brand, but also available via the Inteligo account and mobile banking – IKO. They also have a vast network of ATMs at their disposal.
1 115
Branches
538
Agencies
3.1 thous.
ATMs
We are one of the largest employers in Poland. Almost 28 thousand full-time employees (FTEs) are employed at the Group. We offer to them a comprehensive training and education offer, which is aimed at building a professional team of staff, capable of achieving effective work.
We pursue charity and sponsorship actions, in order to promote the bank’s image as a reliable financial institution, socially engaged, modern and open to customer needs.
Who we are - our mission
For 100 years we have been delivering financial solutions to our customers, therefore we understand the needs of Poles and Polish firms.
We are consistently changing, investing in development, and we responsibly implement modern technologies to enable easy finance management at any place or time. We are proud of our history and of our Polish roots.
We wish to continue exerting a positive influence on Poland – its people, firms, culture and the environment.
As one of the largest banks in Central and Eastern Europe, we responsibly care for the interests of our shareholders, customers, employees and local communities.
We are consistently changing, investing in development, and we responsibly implement modern technologies to enable easy finance management at any place or time. We are proud of our history and of our Polish roots.
We wish to continue exerting a positive influence on Poland – its people, firms, culture and the environment.
As one of the largest banks in Central and Eastern Europe, we responsibly care for the interests of our shareholders, customers, employees and local communities.