Polish banks benefit from operating in a country showing economic resilience, which did not enter into recession in … 2009. Overall, the Polish banking system has weathered the crisis well so far. Capitalization in the system is at a healthy … 13.1% level and the rate of earnings retention was close to 100% in 2008. Nonetheless, banks' fundamentals have …

The worldwide banking system is at the heart of the greatest economic crisis for at least 70 years. The crisis has … the world economy, caused by globalisation processes and technological development, transformed the banking system … internationally. On top of these global developments, the European banking system faced challenges caused by the European integration …