IMPLICATIONS OF CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN THE POLISH BANKING SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

The article presents the implications of the global financial crisis upon the Polish banking sector, formed under the influence of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. It illustrates the consequences of financial problems of foreign strategic shareholders in banks operating in Poland upon the stability of the entire banking system. It presents the proposed future directions of action to protect the stability of the banking system. It seems that in the case of a banking system as special as the Polish one, the key role will belong to the quality of the three main pillars of control over the work of banks: supervisory institutions, market discipline an corporate governance.