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Bezpieczeństwo banków – od transformacji do COVID-19
Bank safety – from transformation to COVID-19

Author(s): Małgorzata Zaleska
Subject(s): Politics, Economy, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Economic policy, Security and defense, Economic development, Financial Markets
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
Keywords: bezpieczeństwo bankowe;bank centralny;nadzór finansowy;restrukturyzacja banków;niewypłacalność banków;transformacja banków;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to identify the most significant, selected changes in the activity of the Polish financial safety net institutions, which occurred during the first three decades of the system transformation. The paper also attempts to evaluate these changes. Moreover, it analyses the structure and the situation of the Polish banking sector as well as its safety from the start of system transformation till the end of 2020. Thus, our analysis also refers to the short term impact of COVID-19 on the Polish banking sector. An attempt to identify the most important challenges posed by the safety of the sector in the future has also been made.