Cooperative banks in the banking sector in Poland – 2010–2020 and development prospects and challenges Cover Image

Banki spółdzielcze w sektorze bankowym w Polsce – lata 2010–2020 oraz perspektywy rozwoju i wyzwania
Cooperative banks in the banking sector in Poland – 2010–2020 and development prospects and challenges

Author(s): Anna Iwańczuk-Kaliska, Arkadiusz Kulig
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Economic policy, Financial Markets
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
Keywords: bankowość spółdzielcza;sektor bankowy;rozwój banków;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to assess the importance of cooperative banks in Poland in the years 2010–2020 in terms of their credit and deposit activities and to try to determine the prospects for their development on the domestic market in the context of global and local challenges. The first part is an introduction. The second one presents the development of cooperative banks in the years 2010–2020 on the basis of selected elements of the sector’s balance sheet. The third part of the study includes an analysis of the market shares of cooperative banks in the banking sector in Poland. In the fourth part, the quality of the loan portfolio of cooperative banks and the scale of reserves created to cover credit risk were assessed. In the next, fifth part, an analysis of the components of the income statement of cooperative banks was carried out by referring them to the relevant items of this statement for the entire banking system. The sixth part of the study is a set of synthetic conclusions from the conducted analyzes. The last part is a summary in which an attempt was made to determine the prospects for the development of the cooperative banking sector in Poland in the coming years based on the challenges for banks confronted with the specificity of the organization and principles of functioning of the cooperative sector.