1. Activities of the Group
Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna (PKO Bank Polski S.A. or the Bank) was established by virtue of a decree signed on 7 February 1919 by the Head of State Józef Piłsudski, Prime Minister Ignacy Paderewski and Hubert Linde, post and telegraph minister and simultaneously the first president, as Pocztowa Kasa Oszczędnościowa. In 1950, the Bank began operating as Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Państwowy (state-owned bank). Pursuant to the Decree of the Council of Ministers dated 18 January 2000, Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności (a state-owned bank) was transformed into a state owned joint-stock company, Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna.
On 12 April 2000, Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna was registered and entered into the Commercial Register maintained by the District Court for the City of Warsaw, Commercial Court, 16th Registration Department. At present, the court with jurisdiction over the Bank’s affairs is the District Court in Warsaw, 13th Commercial Division of the National Court Register. The Bank was registered under the number KRS 0000026438 and was assigned the statistical number REGON 016298263.
Country of registration | Poland |
Registered office | Warsaw |
Address of the registered office of the entity | Puławska street 15, 02-515 Warsaw |
According to the Bulletin of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (Ceduła Giełdowa), the Bank is classified under the macro-sector ‘‘Finance’’, in the ‘‘Banks’’ sector.
The Powszechna Kasa Oszczędnościowa Bank Polski Spółka Akcyjna Group (“the PKO Bank Polski S.A. Group”, “the Bank’s Group”, “the Group”) conducts its operations within the territory of the Republic of Poland and through subsidiaries in Ukraine, Sweden and Ireland; it also has branches in the Federal Republic of Germany (“the German Branch”), the Czech Republic (“the Czech Branch”) and in the Slovak Republic (“the Slovak Branch”).
PKO Bank Polski S.A., as the parent company, is a universal deposit and credit bank which services both Polish and foreign individuals, legal and other entities. The Bank may hold and trade in cash in foreign currencies, as well as conduct foreign exchange and foreign currency transactions, open and maintain bank accounts in banks abroad, and deposit foreign currency in those accounts.
Through its subsidiaries, the Group offers mortgage loans, provides specialized financial services related to leases, factoring, debt collection, investment funds, pension funds and insurance, as well as provides services related to car fleet management, transfer agent, technological solutions, IT outsourcing and business support, real estate management and also conducts banking operations and provides debt collection and financing services in Ukraine.
In 2023 and 2022, the Bank did not change the name of the reporting unit or other identification data.
The PKO Bank Polski S.A. Group consists of the following subsidiaries:
No. | ENTITY NAME | REGISTERED OFFICE | ACTIVITY | OWNERSHIP INTEREST (%) | |
DIRECT SUBSIDIARIES | 31.12.2023 | 31.12.2022 | |||
1 | PKO Bank Hipoteczny S.A. | Warsaw | działalność bankowa | 100 | 100 |
2 | PKO Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. | Warsaw | zarządzanie funduszami inwestycyjnymi | 100 | 100 |
3 | PKO Leasing S.A. | Łódź | działalność leasingowa i udzielanie pożyczek | 100 | 100 |
4 | PKO BP BANKOWY PTE S.A. | Warsaw | zarządzanie funduszami emerytalnymi | 100 | 100 |
5 | PKO BP Finat sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | działalność usługowa, w tym usługi agenta transferowego oraz outsourcing specjalistów IT | 100 | 100 |
6 | PKO Życie Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń S.A. | Warsaw | ubezpieczenia na życie | 100 | 100 |
7 | PKO Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń S.A. | Warsaw | pozostałe ubezpieczenia osobowe i ubezpieczenia majątkowe | 100 | 100 |
8 | PKO Finance AB | Sollentuna, Sweden | usługi finansowe | 100 | 100 |
9 | KREDOBANK S.A. | Lviv, Ukraine | działalność bankowa | 100 | 100 |
10 | Merkury – fiz an1 | Warsaw | lokowanie środków zebranych od uczestników funduszu | 100 | 100 |
11 | NEPTUN – fizan1 | Warsaw | 100 | 100 | |
12 | PKO VC – fizan1 | Warsaw | 100 | 100 |
No. | ENTITY NAME | REGISTERED OFFICE | ACTIVITY | OWNERSHIP INTEREST (%)* | |
INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES | 31.12.2023 | 31.12.2022 | |||
PKO Leasing S.A. GROUP | |||||
1 | PKO Agencja Ubezpieczeniowa sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | intermediation in concluding insurance agreements | 100 | 100 |
1.1 PKO Leasing Finanse sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | sale of post-lease assets | 100 | 100 | |
2 | PKO Leasing Sverige AB | Stockholm, Sweden | leasing | 100 | 100 |
3 | Prime Car Management S.A. | Gdańsk | leasing, fleet management | 100 | 100 |
3.1 Futura Leasing S.A. | Gdańsk | sale of post-lease assets | 100 | 100 | |
3.2 Masterlease sp. z o.o. | Gdańsk | leasing | 100 | 100 | |
3.3 MasterRent24 sp. z o.o. | Gdańsk | short-term lease of cars | 100 | 100 | |
4 | PKO Faktoring S.A. | Warsaw | factoring | 100 | 100 |
5 | Polish Lease Prime 1 DAC1 | Dublin, Ireland | SPV established for securitization of lease receivables | – | – |
GRUPA PKO Życie Towarzystwo Ubezpieczeń S.A. | |||||
6 | Ubezpieczeniowe Usługi Finansowe sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | services | 100 | 100 |
GRUPA KREDOBANK S.A. | |||||
7 | „KREDOLEASING” sp. z o.o. | Lviv, Ukraine | leasing | 100 | 100 |
Merkury – fiz an | |||||
8 | „Zarząd Majątkiem Górczewska” sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | property management | 100 | 100 |
9 | Molina sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | general partner in partnerships limited by shares of a fund | 100 | 100 |
10 | Molina spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością 1 S.K.A. | Warsaw | buying and selling real estate on own account, real estate management | 100 | 100 |
11 | Molina spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością 2 S.K.A. w likwidacji | Warsaw | 100 | 100 | |
12 | Molina spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością 4 S.K.A. w likwidacji | Warsaw | 100 | 100 | |
13 | Molina spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością 6 S.K.A. w likwidacji | Warsaw | 100 | 100 | |
NEPTUN – fizan | |||||
14 | Qualia sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | after-sale services in respect of developer products | 100 | 100 |
15 | Sarnia Dolina sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | development activities | 100 | 100 |
16 | Bankowe Towarzystwo Kapitałowe S.A. | Warsaw | services | 100 | 100 |
16.1 „Inter-Risk Ukraina” spółka z dodatkową odpowiedzialnością2 | Kiev, Ukraine | debt collection | 99.90 | 99.90 | |
16.2 Finansowa Kompania „Prywatne Inwestycje” sp. z o.o.3 | Kiev, Ukraine | financial services | 95.4676 | 95.4676 | |
16.2.1 Finansowa Kompania „Idea Kapitał” sp. z o.o. | Lviv, Ukraine | services | 100 | 100 | |
17 | „Sopot Zdrój” sp. z o.o. | Sopot | property management | 72.9769 | 72.9769 |
The Group has the following associates and joint ventures:
No. | ENTITY NAME | REGISTERED OFFICE | ACTIVITY | OWNERSHIP INTEREST (%)* | |
31.12.2023 | 31.12.2022 | ||||
Joint ventures of PKO Bank Polski S.A. | |||||
1 | Operator Chmury Krajowej sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | cloud computing services | 50 | 50 |
2 | Centrum Elektronicznych Usług Płatniczych eService sp. z o.o. | Warsaw | financial services support activities, including handling transactions concluded using payment instruments | 34 | 34 |
1 EVO Payments International s.r.o. | Prague, the Czech Republic | financial services support activities | 100 | 100 | |
Wspólne przedsięwzięcie NEPTUN – fizan | |||||
2 „Centrum Obsługi Biznesu” sp. z o.o. | Poznań | property management | 41.45 | 41.45 | |
Wspólne przedsięwzięcie PKO VC – fizan | |||||
3 BSafer sp. z o.o. | Stalowa Wola | managing marketing consents | 35.06 | 35.06 | |
Jednostki stowarzyszone PKO Banku Polskiego S.A. | |||||
1 | Bank Pocztowy S.A. | Bydgoszcz | banking activities | 25.0001 | 25.0001 |
2 | „Poznański Fundusz Poręczeń Kredytowych” sp. z o.o. | Poznań | guarantees | 33.33 | 33.33 |
3 | System Ochrony Banków Komercyjnych S.A. | Warsaw | manager of the security system referred to in Article 130e of the Banking Law | 21.11 | 21.11 |