Alior Bank
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| public company | |
| Industry | banking, financial services |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
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Alior Bank is a large universal bank in Poland. It forms the 10th largest financial group in the country, with more than 6,000 employees as of end of 2015.
Founded in 2008 by an Italian group Carlo Tassara, the bank debuted on Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2012 with an offering valued at PLN 2.1 billion, the highest in the exchange's history. In 2014, Alior's stock price became part of WIG20 index. Since 2015, the bank commenced a series of mergers and acquisitions, most notably acquiring Meritum Bank (2015) and Bank BPH (2016).
The bank was rated highly by Forbes and Newsweek. It also received a number of awards, most notably the Most Innovative Bank of 2012 in BAI Global Banking Innovation Awards and the Best European Retail Bank 2015 award by Retail Banker International.
In 2013, the bank attracted controversy when its deputy president mentioned that the bank considers collecting big data of its customers, pulling information from online social networks etc.
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