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Past financial crises and recessions have revealed the importance of the economy’s condition for the loan quality. Macroeconomic determinants of the non-performing loans have been attracting considerable attention in recent years. The aim of this paper is to organize and summarize studies examining the role of GDP growth and its impact on bank loan quality. This approach reveals the research problem which is to specify if there exists a statistically significant relationship between economic growth and the level of non-performing loans. It is equally important to determine the direction of this link. By appealing to common knowledge, the research hypothesis states that an increase in economic activity results in improving loan quality. To verify the hypothesis, the analysis of the relevant literature and the methods of verbal as well as tabular description have been applied. Empirical results on the link between the macroeconomic environment and the level of non-performing loans appear to be quite conclusive. It has been found that an economic expansion generally improves the loan quality. This broadly proven relationship is in line with many studies which confirm the borrowers’ increased willingness to repay debts in a favourable economic environment. Far less frequently, the intensified macroeconomic activity leads to future bank losses. Additionally, some studies do not provide any statistically significant effect of GDP growth on the loan quality.
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European Union banks were severely hit by the global fi nancial crisis in 2008 and their stock prices and returns have generally not recovered since then, differently to what has been observed in other sectors (i.e., non-fi nancial corporations) and jurisdictions (i.e., US). In this paper, we focus on three episodes of fi nancial turmoil in EU fi nancial markets occurring after the global fi nancial crisis (August 2015, December 2015 and January 2016, and June 2016) and, through a series of linear regressions, with and without control variables, attempt to determine the common features of those banks which stock returns declined the most. Results of the regressions tend to suggest that size has been driving the decreases in stock returns in the three episodes. Regarding asset quality, the Texas ratio has been a decisive factor in the evolution of stock returns of EU banks in the second and third periods. Interestingly, profi tability variables seem not to be statistically signifi cant to explain the declines in stock returns, except in the third period, but only under some specifi cations. An evolution on the perception by fi nancial market participants on EU banks, with a larger importance on asset quality in the latter periods, can also be observed. Lastly, on the basis of these results, further policy actions would be needed to clean-up the balance sheet of banks, as a necessary step towards full recovery after the global fi nancial crisis.
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The purpose of the article/hypothesis. Cooperative banks in Poland face numerous challenges – both related to the current problems of the entire banking sector and the issue of concentration of the cooperative system. Current challenges of the banking sector in Poland – especially systemic ones, as well as the unstable macroeconomic environment make it difficult for cooperative banks to compete with the commercial banking sector and the FinTech and BigTech sectors. In addition, the ongoing processes of digitalization of the banking market are challenging cooperative banks in terms of the direction of their further development – the commonality of services and concentration of banks, or maintaining the current structure of cooperative banks in Poland. The research hypothesis of the article was that cooperative banks are able to maintain a high level of stability and efficiency despite the unstable macroeconomic environment. Methodology. The main objective of the research was to analyze individual groups of cooperative banks in Poland in 2020–2023 in terms of adaptation to the changing macroeconomic environment, which has been particularly difficult in the recent period in terms of planning and implementation of strategic objectives. The study analyzed more than 300 cooperative banks belonging to the BPS group, which were divided into five groups taking into account the criterion of balance sheet total (banks over 1 billion PLN, 500–1 million PLN, 200–500 million PLN, 100–200 million PLN, and banks with a balance sheet total of less than 100 million PLN). Groups of cooperative banks were analyzed on the basis of scoring criteria in terms of indicators: capital adequacy, asset quality, efficiency, liquidity – on a quarterly basis. Results of the research. The study showed that the group of small cooperative banks performed significantly better in an unstable macroeconomic environment – especially during the COVID pandemic – 19. Despite this, in an unstable macroeconomic environment especially in an environment of relatively low interest rates (in 2020–2021), the discussion regarding concentration processes as well as commonality of banking services in the cooperative sector intensified. However, in a still unstable macroeconomic environment, but in an environment of relatively high interest rates (in 2022–2023), cooperative banks belonging to large, medium and smaller banking groups have significantly improved indicators of capital adequacy, asset quality, efficiency, liquidity – often demonstrating a much more effective management of a smaller institution than large cooperative banks – very often resulting from the local nature of their operations. Therefore, an important aspect of the functioning of the cooperative sector in Poland may be issues of commonality of financial services and products, rather than processes of sector consolidation. In the literature, the cooperative sector shows a willingness to commoditize especially bank reporting, marketing activities and the implementation of new technological solutions. An important challenge for the cooperative sector may be the response of small cooperative banks to falling interest rates.
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Cel artykułu/hipoteza. Banki spółdzielcze w Polsce stoją przed licznymi wyzwaniami – zarówno związanymi z aktualnymi problemami całego sektora bankowego, jak i kwestią koncentracji systemu spółdzielczego. Aktualne wyzwania sektora bankowego w Polsce – zwłaszcza systemowe, jak również niestabilne otoczenie makroekonomiczne utrudniają bankom spółdzielczym konkurowanie z sektorem bankowości komercyjnej oraz sektorem FinTech i BigTech. Dodatkowo postępujące procesy digitalizacji rynku bankowego stanowią wyzwanie dla banków spółdzielczych w zakresie kierunku ich dalszego rozwoju – uwspólniania usług i koncentracji banków, czy też utrzymania aktualnej struktury banków spółdzielczych w Polsce. Głównym celem badań była analiza poszczególnych grup banków spółdzielczych w Polsce w latach 2020–2023 w zakresie dostosowania się do zmiennego otoczenia makroekonomicznego, które w ostatnim okresie było szczególnie trudne w zakresie planowania i realizacji celów strategicznych. Metodyka. W badaniu poddano analizie ponad 300 banków spółdzielczych należących do grupy BPS, które podzielono na pięć grup uwzględniając kryterium sumy bilansowej (banki powyżej 1 mld PLN, 500–1 mln PLN, 200–500 mln PLN, 100–200 mln PLN oraz banki o sumie bilansowej poniżej 100 mln PLN). Grupy banków spółdzielczych analizowano na podstawie kryteriów oceny punktowej w zakresie wskaźników: adekwatności kapitałowej, jakości aktywów, efektywności, płynności – w okresach kwartalnych. Wyniki/Rezultaty badania. W przeprowadzonym badaniu wykazano, że grupa małych banków spółdzielczych zdecydowanie lepiej radziła sobie w niestabilnym otoczeniu makroekonomicznym – zwłaszcza w czasie pandemii COVID-19. Pomimo tego, w niestabilnym otoczeniu makroekonomicznym zwłaszcza w otoczeniu stosunkowo niskich stóp procentowych (w latach 2020–2021), nasiliła się dyskusja dotycząca procesów koncentracji, jak i uwspólniania usług bankowych w sektorze spółdzielczym. W ciągle niestabilnym otoczeniu makroekonomicznym, ale w otoczeniu stosunkowo wysokich stóp procentowych (w latach 2022–2023), banki spółdzielcze należące do dużych, średnich i mniejszych grup bankowych istotnie poprawiły wskaźniki adekwatności kapitałowej, jakości aktywów, efektywności, płynności – wskazując niejednokrotnie na dużo efektywniejsze zarządzanie mniejszą instytucją, aniżeli duże banki spółdzielcze – bardzo często wynikające z lokalnego charakteru prowadzonej działalności. Dlatego też, istotnym aspektem funkcjonowania sektora spółdzielczego w Polsce mogą być kwestie uwspólniania usług i produktów finansowych, nie zaś procesy konsolidacji sektora. W literaturze przedmiotu, sektor spółdzielczy wykazuje chęć uwspólniania zwłaszcza sprawozdawczości bankowej, działań marketingowych oraz wdrażania nowych rozwiązań technologicznych. Istotnym wyzwaniem dla sektora spółdzielczego może być reakcja małych banków spółdzielczych na spadek stóp procentowych.
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