Getin Bank is a bank in Poland, part of Noble Bank SA. It provides services to individual and business clients. The core business activity of Getin Bank is retail banking. The bank is used by about 2,4 million clients, its products are available at over 500 individual points and franchises, self use Getin Point and different localities.
History
The bank began after deriving from Górnośląski Bank Gospodarczy SA, which began itself after the Decision no. 44 of the President of the National Bank of Poland on 3 October 1990. The first financial operations occurred on 2 January 1991 in a branch in Katowice. In the year of 1995 the bank gained a strategic investor: the Powszechny Bank Kredytowy SA. From 1 January 2002 to May 2004 GBG Bank functioned as part of the Capital Group of the Bank Przemysłowo Handlowy. The actions from the Bank BPHGetin Holding bought on 25 May2004. On 24 September 2004 the bank changed branding to Getin Bank SA. Following this the Getin Bank SA had taken the Bank Przemysłowy in Łódź. In the year after, the Getin Holding finilised a purchase transaction of the Wschodni Bank Cukrownictwa. In the March of 2006 some of WBC's branches have been taken over by Getin Bank, while the license from the WBC Bank has been able to be used for the founding of the Noble Bank. In January 2010 Getin Bank joined Noble Bank to form the Getin Noble Bank SA.
Controversies
Since joining the Noble Bank in August 2010 the Getin Noble Bank has been fined three times by the UOKiK for wrong practices against their clients and for falsehood. The last fine given by the UOKiK was for the way car insurance was being given. According to the UOKiK the agreements concluded that Getin Noble Bank had given imprecise agreements which allowed the bank to terminate the obligation to repay the loan immediately and in contravention to the signed legislation which did not inform the borrower about the total cost of all fees and commissions. The amount of the fine imposed by the UOKiK amounted to almost 6 million złoty.
