BANKING SYSTEM IN POLAND:  STABILITY OVER THE CRISIS

Bartosz Godziszewski; Michał Kruszka

Authors

Bartosz Godziszewski Poznan University of Technology
Michał Kruszka Vistula University, Warsaw

Keywords:

Financial supervision, Poland, FX lending, macroprudential regulations.

Abstract

The paper introduces performance of banking system in Poland during the period of European economic crisis. It also contains presentation of influence of financial supervisor on financial market and the real sector of the economy and possible threats to the institutional framework of financial supervision in Poland. Article presents how microeconomic changes of parameters of mortgage granted in foreign currency can be transformed into bank’s capital needs. Some details about resolutions and recommendations issued by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) are also magnified in the paper. The practice of last years indicates that activity of the supervisory authority is an important determinant of financial stability.

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