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• Balance sheet total of commercial banks with the majority of private capital (data in percent) in the years 1993-2004

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  • P. Kasprzak

  In 1995, foreign capital held 18.1% of shares in Polish banks. This share increased significantly at the beginning of the 21st century to around 60%. It should therefore be noted that the Polish banking system within a decade became mostly owned by foreign investors.

• Number of commercial banks at the end of the year, excluding banks that are not operating, bankrupt or liquidated, and banks in organization in 1993-2004

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  • P. Kasprzak

  Polish banks were gradually transformed from enterprises with a predominance of Polish private capital into banks with a majority share of private foreign capital. In 1993, there were 48 banks with a majority of Polish private capital, and in 2006 there were 7 of them. In 1993, the shares of 10 banks in Poland were owned by private foreign capital,...

• The structure of the Polish banking sector in 2004-2018

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  • P. Kasprzak

  Dynamic changes in the banking system in the 1990s contributed to the relative stability of the number of banks in all sectors (state-owned, private, cooperative) after 2004. The total number of banks (including credit institutions) has decreased since 2004 from 653 to 612 in 2018 - it should therefore be noted that in the analyzed period the Polish...

• Changes in the number of commercial banks in 1992-2004

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  • P. Kasprzak

  As the data shows, it can be concluded that the number of banks in Poland is small. The main reason for the declining number of banks is bank acquisitions by foreign investors or bank consolidation. To a lesser extent, this change resulted from negative factors such as bankruptcy or liquidation.