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Best-performing banksApril 3 2018

Top 100 CEE EU Banks ranking: Poland strengthens grip

Polish banks took up half of the top 10 places in The Banker's Top 100 CEE EU Banks ranking for 2018, while fortunes elsewhere in the region were mixed. Stefanie Linhardt reports.

by Stefanie Linhardt

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Polish lenders once more dominate the ranking of financial institutions in EU member states within central and eastern Europe (CEE).

The top two spots in The Banker’s ranking of the Top 100 Central and Eastern European (CEE) EU Banks by Tier 1 capital in the region are taken by PKO Bank Polski and Bank Pekao, with another three Polish lenders also making the top 10.

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