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Financial Supervision Authority (Poland)

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Polish Financial Supervision Authority
Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego

Head Office at 20 Piękna St.
Agency overview
Formed19 September 2006
Preceding agency
JurisdictionPoland
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
Agency executive
  • Chairperson
Websitehttp://www.knf.gov.pl/en/index.html

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) (Polish: Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF)) is the financial regulatory authority for Poland.[citation needed] Its responsibilities include oversight of banking, capital markets, insurance, pension scheme and electronic money institutions.[citation needed]

History

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The KNF was formed on 19 September 2006 pursuant to the Financial Market Supervision Act of 21 July 2006. The new supervisory body took over the tasks of the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Commission and of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Poland), which were abolished pursuant to that act.[1]

From January 1, 2008, the second phase of the merger of financial supervision in Poland, the Polish FSA took over the powers of the Commission for Banking Supervision together with its office, the General Inspectorate of Banking Supervision.[citation needed]

The FSA is a publicly financed entity serving as the single contact point and watchdog for all segments of the Polish financial market.[citation needed] It has been credited with ensuring that Polish banks remained relatively healthy during the most recent global banking crisis by monitoring and responding to bank liquidity measures in the midst of the general slowdown in economic activity.[citation needed]

Structure and Responsibilities

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The Prime Minister of Poland (President of the Council of Ministers) appoints the chairperson of the PFSA.[citation needed]

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) exercises supervision over the banking sector, capital market, insurance and pension markets, supervision over payment institutions and payment service offices, electronic money institutions and the cooperative credit union sector.[citation needed]

The tasks of the Committee also include:[2]

- taking actions aimed at the proper functioning of the financial market;[citation needed]

- undertaking activities aimed at the development of the financial market and its competitiveness;[citation needed]

- undertaking educational and information activities related to the functioning of the financial market;[citation needed]

- participation in the preparation of draft legal acts in the field of financial market supervision;[citation needed]

- creating the possibility of amicable and conciliatory settlement of disputes between financial market participants, in particular disputes arising from contractual relations between entities subject to PFSA's supervision and recipients of services provided by these entities;[citation needed]

- performing other tasks specified by law.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Monika Filipowska. "Nadzór nad rynkiem ubezpieczeniowym na przykładzie Polski i Stanów Zjednoczonych - model działania" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF)" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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